[OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] When mental models go wrong: OpenStreetMap

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

m*sh wrote:
>Sent: 04 July 2008 3:05 PM
>To: dev at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] [OSM-talk] When mental models go wrong:
>OpenStreetMap
>
>
>Am Fr, 4.07.2008, 12:39, schrieb Erik Johansson:
>> This has come up before, in different ways each time. I know started
>> thinking that any editor would first let you choose the type, and then
>> let you draw it, like in Google Map Maker. But since we had the
>> segments untagged in the beginning I think the easiest path was to add
>> tagging after you draw.
>
>Why should there be any order at all? I do not understand that.
>Except for the very basic fact that you usually have raw data from your
>GPSr that you are editing. So first there is the Waypoint or Way and then
>you edit its properties. And if you create an additional node manually you
>may chose what to edit first - the North/West-Values or the tags...
>

If its not ordered logically, how would you route over it?

Cheers

Andy