[josm-dev] Relation editor support for north/south and east/west similar to forward/backward

[Martijn van Exel]

Good point Andy. We would need to clarify the cardinal direction
member roles on the wiki for specific regions more. I created a stub
of a wiki page that describes proposed (and followed) practice in the
U.S: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Directions_In_The_United_States
- this page is currently a little messy as we're still debating some
of the intricacies. Feel free to help work on it, perhaps we can work
up an international page from this.

Martijn

On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:42 PM, SomeoneElse
<lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk> wrote:
> Paul Norman wrote:
>>>
>>> No, these aren't compass directions. They're the directionality of the
>>> road. For example, this way is part of the I-94 interstate going west,
>
>
> ... in the sense that if you carried on for long enough you'd eventually end
> of west of where you started ...
>
>>> but a compass in a car driving on it would tell the viewer they were
>>> pointing
>>> north:
>>>
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39372612
>>> So - North would be "straight on", east would be "left", west would be
>>> "right" in 99% of the other countries?
>>
>> You'd have to ask someone with those other countries. That particular
>> way is part of the I-94 with role west, and you'd tell someone to get
>> on the I-94 west, even if they're physically driving north.
>>
>>
>
> One other place where I've seen bits of roads routinely described and signed
> as "West" etc. is the A10 around Amsterdam:
>
> http://www.wegenwiki.nl/A10_%28Nederland%29#Westring
>
> Here "West" means "the part that is west of the city", so (if you're coming
> from the north) "the part that is actually going south".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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