[OSM-newbies] Two Questions

[Randy]

Al Haraka wrote:

>Hello All,
>
  Do I create a relation and have different amentiy
>items (waste_basket and recycling) or do I add multiple tags to the
>same node (amenity recycling;waste_basket)?  I have done the latter so
>far, because the wiki implies, at least to me, amenities are for much
>bigger fish in need of frying.

I think you meant "relations" in your last sentence there. In this case 
I'd call it a matter of personal mapping preference, and how far into the 
nitty-gritty you want to get. Personally, I'd do it the same way you did.
>
>Later in the day, I was on a trail and there was a small little ditch
>running along the side of this segment of the trail.  Someone had made
>an ad hoc bridge to cross the ditch and allow people to utilize a
>little clearing onto a local street.  How would I tag that?  It is
>certainly not a bridge in the formal sense, and I am not sure what
>else I could tag it is.  I thought some creative minds on the list
>could enlighten.
>
If the bridge is "permanent", i.e., not likely to be removed by a park 
maintenance crew or the next heavy rain, and you are mapping a pathway to 
the street, then I would certainly include the bridge, that is, if the 
ditch is mapped. If there is nothing mapped for the path to cross, then 
(again, in my opinion) there is no need to map the bridge.

Again, this depends a little on personal preference, and what you are 
trying to show, from a functional stand point, in the map. Either approach 
in either case can certainly be justified.

-- 
Randy