[Imports] [Talk-us] [Talk-ca] TIGER considered harmful

[Anthony]

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:05 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>> So you put the house numbers on the nodes and then what happens with them all when you switch the way
>> direction?
>
> Nothing.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.051148&lon=-82.552442&zoom=18

Go click on Mushinski Road and reverse it.  Nothing happens to the
nodes.  They stay right where they are, and they keep the same exact
numbers on them.

>> Every editor has to know to reorder the left and right hand numbers?
>
> Nope.  Up/Forward is defined as the direction in which the numbers go
> up.  I already explained that earlier in the thread.
>

>From 6501 to 6513 Mushinski Road runs west, so right is North,
regardless of the direction of the way representing Mushinski Road.