Key:road_marking

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Public-images-osm logo.svg road_marking
Road marking left.jpg
Description
A road marking or line, usually painted. Please note this tagging is experimental. Edit this description in the wiki page. Edit this description in the data item.
Group: highways
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
See also
Status: in use

 Road surface markings represent the physical presence of road markings mapped with ways.

Unlike similar keys, such as turn=*, lanes=* and Relation:restriction which annotate highway ways, road_marking=* tags describe the markings themselves. However in most instances it may be possible to infer them from the tagging on the highway.

Note: Do not draw them in isolation from other elements (such as lanes). It will just be garbage data. It should be attributed within the way element (way=*). Drawing is a violation of the agreement(Tagging for the renderer). - Best practice tag examples

Values

Value Description Notes Mapillary / OpenStreetCam / other photo example In-map example
left Your lane must turn left. See also turn=* (or turn:lanes=*) for tagging entire turn information beginning from first indication by sign and road marking to the final junction node. Road marking left.jpg
right Your lane must turn right.
left;right Your lane must turn left or turn right.
left;through Your lane must turn left or go straight.
right;through Your lane must turn right or go straight.
left;right;through Your lane must turn left or right or go straight. way 264040303
dash Only use this for dashes that demarcate lanes. See also: change=* Road marking dash.jpg
dashed_yield_line When yielding for a yield sign, stop here.
This line is perpendicular to your movement.
See also highway=give_way
solid_stop_line When stopping for a red light, stop here.
This line is perpendicular to your movement.
See also highway=stop / traffic_sign=stop
solid_road_divider A solid line dividing the two carriageways of the road
solid_lane_divider There is a lane on each side. See also: change=* Road marking solid lane divider.jpg
solid_road_edge There is a lane on exactly one side
except when extending an onramp's gore triangle with a line.
Road marking solid road edge.jpg
gore_chevron A chevron inside an onramp/offramp gore triangle Road marking gore chevron.jpg
solid_crossing_edge A solid line along an edge of a pedestrian crossing
bus Bus lane road markings. Depends on the local usage and language; usually a text (BUS). See also: bus:lanes=* & lanes:bus=*
bus_stop Bus stop road markings. Depends on the local usage; can be a box, a text (BUS), zebras, etc.
pedestrian_crossing_rectangle Rectangle of pedestrian crossing. It may be possible to use area:highway=* instead. See also: crossing=*
A closeup of Pedastrian cross.JPG


See also

  • lane_markings=* - To indicate if this highway has painted markings to indicate the position of the lanes
  • turn=* - The key turn can be used to specify the direction in which a way or a lane will lead
  • lanes=* - Total number of traffic lanes available for motorised traffic
  • change=* - Specify the allowed/forbidden lane changes
  • Relation:restriction - Used for a set of tags and members to represent a turn restriction