[OSM-dev] Lite OSM backend (typo)

[OJW]

On Thursday 07 September 2006 19:46, OJW wrote:
> Is it worth upgrading the segments file to something that can be used in
> rendering - give each segment a set of lat/long points and some extended
> attributes to cover them all.

oops, that paragraph should read "way file", and discuss creating *ways* that 
are just a list of coordinates with one set of attributes per way.

Since most ways are linear, it could store one coordinate per segment most of 
the time, and have a special marker for when the way "breaks", i.e. discovers 
a segment which isn't connected to the previous segment.  In addition to 
saving on storage space, it would also mean that renderers which work with 
"polylines" get a good set of input data.

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