[OSM-newbies] streets with multiple ways

[Dirk-Lüder Kreie]

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graham schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> What's the convention for handling streets with separate sections? I 
> have a number of streets which have a 2-way section followed by a 1-way 
> section; or which have a bridge section in the middle; or which have a 
> gated section; or metalled and unmetalled parts, etc.
>
> What I've been doing is creating each section as a separate way and then 
> assigning all the ways the same name. 

That's correct.

> Now I see osmarender repeats the
> name when I do that, which makes it unreadable in many cases as the 
> sections are short and the names long, and so overlapping...
> 
> What should I be doing instead?

Tag too short ways with "osmarender:renderName=no", because it's
basically the fault of the renderer, not of your data, so you need to
give osmarender some hints as to where (or rather where not to) render
street names.

HTH

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Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie
Bremen - 53.0952°N 8.8652°E

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