Talk:Key:divider

Parallel solid and dashed lines

Overtaking only allowed heading toward the camera in the foreground and heading away from the camera in the background

The double lines don't necessarily have the same dash pattern. Would this be indicated using divider:left=* and divider:right=* or using divider:forward=* and divider:backward=*? – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 19:43, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Maybe divider=dash-solid_line (dash line left) or divider=solid-dash_line (dash line right)? Something B (talk) 08:22, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Please, take a look at change=*. E.g. change:forward=yes and change:backward=no or the opposite. --Skyper (talk) 14:45, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

I am in favor of divider:forward=* and divider:backward=* to keep it consistent with change:lanes=* and overtaking=*. I would consider only one line solid even if divider:forward=dashed_line is combined with divider=double_solid_line instead of divider:backward=solid_line. --Jogemu (talk) 17:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

divider=* is mostly mass added, and not being worked on https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/divider/
There's the newer marking:*=* that should be considered to be aligned with cycleway:*=* , together with physically raised delineators. Proposal:Separation
—— Kovposch (talk) 07:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Flush median

Crosshatching pattern in the flush median area (followed by a two-way center turn lane in the background)

How to indicate that the divider is an area rather than a simple linear feature, and how to indicate that it has a crosshatching pattern? In some U.S. states, this pattern carries additional legal restrictions on turning versus a double solid yellow line. – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 19:49, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

divider tagging on intersection node

It is common that a (double) solid line extends for considerable lengths, interrupted only by intersections. Splitting the ways before and after every intersection may not be a big hastle but using divider=no on the intersection node would be considerably faster. The nodes value could overwrite divider=* of all connected ways, but only within the intersection. Furthermore, it could avoid unnecessary checks if overtaking=* is reasonable in the short ways that would be necessary when splitting at intersections. --Jogemu (talk) 02:22, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

retroreflectors

The divider may have permanent retroreflector markers placed along it divider:retroreflector=yes, or there may be no painted line but only retroreflectors divider=retroreflector. Do those tags seem reasonable? See https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/4668022 / https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-33.714333/150.922936 Aharvey (talk) 22:42, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

separation=studs is proposed, although it's not quite a "separation", and isn't intuitive on whether it's retroreflective. It can be improved. Proposal:Separation#Tagging_on_roads,_lanes_and_other_ways
—— Kovposch (talk) 11:28, 18 March 2025 (UTC)