<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I understand your point.<br><br></div>Nevertheless, using a compass + indicating direction=* will be more precise and exact than drawing the box according to aerial pictures (often according where you think the box is)<br></div>Same for length=* or any other physical properties.<br><br></div>I've no problem with hardcore micromapping. OSM is a meaningful project for that.<br></div>But sometimes, the precision and scale issues force us tu use simpler primitives.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>François Lacombe</b><br><br>fl dot infosreseaux At gmail dot com<br><a href="http://www.infos-reseaux.com" target="_blank">www.infos-reseaux.com</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/InfosReseaux" target="_blank">@InfosReseaux</a></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-28 10:22 GMT+01:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">2015-01-28 9:13 GMT+01:00 François Lacombe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fl.infosreseaux@gmail.com" target="_blank">fl.infosreseaux@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Some small features can actually be summarized as nodes when drawing their shape sounds irrelevant regarding the cluttering it introduces.<br><br></div><div>I'm sorry that was trivial for me.<br></div><div>I won't draw a circle for a 5cm diameter pole and so on...<br></div><div><br><br></div></blockquote><div><br><br><br></div></span><div>while for a pole (especially a quite small one) geometry does indeed not give you a great gain, it does provide additional information for other small shapes even if they are on the limit of what we can represent, e.g. a telephone booth, a bench, a street cabinet, etc., because the geometry gives you orientation information and also other positioning information relative to close by objects (e.g. adjacent or with a gap, in line or shifted) and allows for further details like the position of the door/entrance, etc.<br></div></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I admit this is hardcore micromapping and mostly I don't do it like this myself but use a node, just wanted to point out that there are situations where more detailed geometry does make sense also in the case of tiny objects.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">cheers,<br>Martin<br></div></div>
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