[OSM-newbies] Joining two pieces of a way

[Randy]

Jeff Barlow 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.

Jeff,

The best way to see the turn restriction relations is through JOSM. If you 
haven't loaded it, I recommend that you do, although you may have to 
install Java, as well.

Once you have JOSM loaded, download the data for the example intersection. 
Once you do, you'll see a list of restriction relationships on the right 
side of the page. Select one of them and then select edit (the paper and 
pencil icon). JOSM will pop up an excellent relationship editor that will 
make it very easy to see the logic and data for that particular 
restriction. Potlatch is, in my opinion, but I'm not a Potlatch expert, a 
little week in presenting relationship data.

Hope this helps. And if I missed the issue and am telling you stuff you 
already know, my apology.

-- 
Randy