[OSM-dev] Why no curves in map data?

[Robert Scott]

On Sunday 15 March 2009, Stefan de Konink wrote:
> You can extend it to NURBS without breaking tools ;) Think about the
> control point approximation ;) So every embedded device that isn't fast
> or doesn't have a fpu will use the ugly linear version,

And more people will start entering data designed as NURBS, leading to fewer 
vertices, meaning that sooner or later, we have data that is just plain 
geographically wrong when interpreted normally.


robert.