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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This is nonetheless correct mapping!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What you are seeing it the resulting impedance mismatch from using linear ways to map what on the ground are actually areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>That sort segment at a sharp angle only exists for connectivity purposes. And the data makes perfect sense when seen in the context of all tagging around it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Please look at this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/558999688670609448/949539833217429524/unknown.png">https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/558999688670609448/949539833217429524/unknown.png</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>as you can see from the dotted outer lines on that “connectivity” way, it’s tagged as placement=transition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>That tells any data consumer that wants to care about it that the position of the way does not actually reflect a fixed relation to the area of the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>From the available data, a data consumer can derive the information that the actual “per lane” connectivity and lane area follows the line that I drew in red.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>As I’ve said before. OSM is not a map. It’s a geospatial database. A data consumer that wants to draw a map is able to derive the necessary information from the totality of geometry and tags used.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thorsten<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 5 March 2022 15:04<br><b>To:</b> Dian Ågesson <me@diacritic.xyz><br><b>Cc:</b> OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au@openstreetmap.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [talk-au] Fwd: Assistance with ongoing disagreement regarding intersections<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, 5 Mar 2022 at 13:53, Dian Ågesson <<a href="mailto:me@diacritic.xyz">me@diacritic.xyz</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Things have escalated somewhat: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/118091243" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/118091243</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yeah, we now have the situation where turn left slip lanes have been mapped as sudden sharp angles, rather than gradual turns, which just looks wrong!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?changeset=118091243#map=20/-38.04993/145.29852">https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?changeset=118091243#map=20/-38.04993/145.29852</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Graeme<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>