[josm-dev] self-intersecting ways

[Anthony]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:50:23 -0400, Anthony wrote:
> > In OSM, the way which is tagged
> > highway represents the physical road, right?
>
> Centerlines, actually.
>

What centerline?  The actual painted centerline (surely not, it's not always
there, and it's not always in the center)?  The center of the physical road?
 The center of the lanes of travel?  The center of the right of way?
 Something else?