[josm-dev] self-intersecting ways

[Jonathan Bennett]

On 26/03/2010 11:57, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> 1. Draw areas using same nodes as road - wrong because it suggests the 
> area is larger than it really is.

Sometimes this is the only option. Not all ways are two-lane, asphalt
roads; sometimes they're narrow footpaths. If you look here:

http://osm.org/go/eurTZdy5p-

you'll see a residential area that shares nodes with a highway=footway.
The path in question is less than a metre wide, so using separate nodes
for the landuse=residential and highway=footway would be messy and just
as hard to edit.

Besides, the edge of the residential area *is* the footpath. If at some
point I resurvey the area and find I got the position of the path wrong
and decide to move it, the boundary of the residential area should move too.


-- 
Jonathan (Jonobennett)