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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 17.11.2021 um 19:43 schrieb Sarah
Hoffmann:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">It just seemed to be the right thing to do. After all it made the
routes instantly visible on all hiking maps. Ten years into mapping the
network, here is the most important lesson I have learned:
Using relations to model the network was a Big Mistake.
Relations are complicated to handle. They don't fit the concept. And they
will cause confusion and disputes between mappers. (Feel free to read
the most recent fallout within the Swiss community:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.openstreetmap.ch/pipermail/talk-ch/2021-June/010972.html" moz-do-not-send="true">http://lists.openstreetmap.ch/pipermail/talk-ch/2021-June/010972.html</a>
The gist of it is that mappers will try to define routes in the network
leading to different ideas of how the network should be built.)</pre>
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<p>I deliberately suggested both types of mapping because mappers
reported to the German Forum who prefer a tag on the ways or who
have observed that this is the predominant practice in some
regions.<br>
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In Germany, however, as in Switzerland, the use of relations has
largely become established. We are not faced with the question of
whether we are using relations or values on the ways.<br>
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On the one hand, we are faced with the question of how we can
distinguish the relationships between the network connections and
the thematic routes. That is what my proposal is about.<br>
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The other question is how do we cut down the giant relations with
up to 4,000 members. <span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span
class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en"
data-language-to-translate-into="de" data-phrase-index="9"
data-number-of-phrases="12"><span>It's not part of my
proposal.</span></span></span></p>
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