Key:give_way:direction
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 give_way:direction
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| Description |
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Indicates the direction of travel affected by the give way sign. 
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| Group: highways |
| Used on these elements |
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| Requires |
| Status: in use |
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give_way:direction=* (or just direction=*) is used with highway=give_way to indicate the direction of travel affected by the give way sign.
Complex junctions where multiple crossing nodes are tagged with highway=give_way can cause routing algorithms to interpret two or more individual give way positions where in reality give way signs only apply once to crossing traffic. This can be overcome by tagging the direction of travel affected by the give way sign. Using this information, routing algorithms can better determine how giving way at a junction affect journey time and provide better weighted route choices.
This tag only applies for nodes that are part of a way.
Values
- Main article: Direction of point features on ways
| Value | Element | Description |
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forward
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 (part of  )
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The give way sign affects the forward direction, relative to how the associated way was drawn in the editor. |
backward
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(part of )
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The give way sign affects the backward direction, relative to how the associated way was drawn in the editor. |
both
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(part of )
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The give way sign affects both the forward and the backward direction. |
See the separate page Direction of point features on ways for more details.