[OSM-newbies] Relations for Routes (numbered routes)

[Thomas Wood]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Dominik Spies <kontakt at dspies.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had some trouble with larger or minor routes which have sometimes names
> when they are in a town, have bridges, tunnels and so on. You have to add
> ref for every single part..
>
> So I understood that for this reason one should use relations for streets or
> routes when they consist of more parts.

This is not currently a method used for relations, although
theoretically possible, the highway reference is considered 'integral'
to the tagging of the way.
Some useful feaures in editors are probably JOSM's paste tags function
and Potlatch's repeat tags function.

> But I can't figure out how to use relations in JOSM,, how do I create one?
> And finally, what realtions do I exactly use? What tags belong to the
> relation, what tag to the original street, tunnel, bridge?

Open the relations panel in JOSM (using the button on the left toolbar)
Create the relation
Tag as appropriate
Select items in the editor window and click add to relation.
Apply roles as required.

See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations for types of relations.
Please be aware that those in the proposal status are very roughly
planned and should not yet be used.

>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dominik Spies
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Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)