[OSM-newbies] Joining two pieces of a way

[Andre Engels]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Jeff Barlow <Jeff at wb6csv.net> wrote:
> Per Lindström <per.lindstrom68 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>söndag 20 december 2009 18.41.59 skrev  Jeff Barlow:
>>> ...What is a "turn restriction"?
>>
>>I tells you how you may continue in an intersection. In this case you are not
>>allowed to turn at all. Important information for routing software.
>>
>>> How is it rendered differently from a typical
>>> intersection?
>>
>>It isn't. At least not in Mapnik or Osmarender as far as I have seen.
>
> Okay, all that makes sense. I'm still confused though. Where is
> this "turn restriction" information located and how can I view
> it? I found no indication of it by following the posted link.

It is a relation, members of which are the piece of road from which
the restriction holds, the intersection on which it holds and either
the road one is not allowed to go to or the road one must go to (at
least in the simplest and by far most common case). You can see it
when you open the area in Potlatch.

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André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com