Key:crossing:island
 crossing:island
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Specifies whether a crossing has a refuge island 
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Status: approved
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The key crossing:island=* is used when a crossing has a refuge island, but the refuge island is not separately mapped as a footway=traffic_island.
This key supersedes the former tag crossing=island (see the rationale).
Tagging
The crossing:island=* key can be used on a crossing node highway=crossing (or alternatively on a pedestrian crossing way highway=footway + footway=crossing). Possible values are yes and no. It is recommended to further specify the type of the crossing using the crossing=* key.
highway=residential with highway=footway + footway=crossing is tagged highway=crossing + crossing=uncontrolled + crossing:island=yesAlternatives
A crossing can explicitly mapped as multiple separate crossings (i.e., where the traffic island is mapped as footway=traffic_island instead of being part of the footway=crossing way); in this case do not set crossing:island=yes. This is common with larger intersections with wide traffic islands where the traffic lane in each direction is mapped separately. The appropriate tagging on the crossing ways and nodes in this case is ambiguous: some mappers prefer crossing:island=no, while others prefer crossing:island=separate[1]. Explicit tagging may be useful in case you are performing a survey of all crossings in an area and wish to explicitly mark these situations as having separate (or no) refuge islands.
footway=crossing.See also
traffic_calming=island– A traffic island that is not built as a refuge at crossings, but to calm traffic.footway=traffic_island– Used by some mappers for the part of the highway=footway that is on the traffic island, instead of using crossing:island=yes (at places where sidewalks and crossings are mapped as ways).footway=crossingandcrossing=*- Used to map crossings in detail, e.g. for mapping accessibility, etc.