Validator does not detect when highways intersect same space as buildings

[skorasaurus]

Highways and buildings that share the same space are not detected by validator. This should be flagged as a warning or error by validator.

An example of what I'm reporting - ​http://i.imgur.com/GISMN9x.png

If there's an instance where highway is underneath a building, then an additional tag should be needed, for instance, tunnel=building_passage

​http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tunnel

To reproduce:

• create new layer
• create a building=yes polygon
• create a highway that goes through the same space the building=yes polygon
• run validator

I'm using JOSM, v5997 on ubuntu 12.04

thanks !

[skorasaurus]

I can confirm this also exists in the newest tested as of this writing, v6008.

[AlfonZ]

On my v6008 it shows warning Crossing buildings for them.
I was able to get rid of the warning by adding layer=1 to highway.
Attaching your osm file would be helpful.

[skorasaurus]

test case file. With this file, the validator does not detect any errors or warnings.

[Don-vip]

Validator works as expected.
Make sure the corresponding tests are enabled in your personal preferences.

[skorasaurus]

I figured out the problem: I had assumed that checkmarked boxes would mean that the validator would check for the occurrence of the corresponding behavior.

I gently suggest to change this behavior as normal western thought assumes that a specific thing with a checkbox would mean that the designated behavior applies.

No checkbox would mean that the corresponding line would be ignored.