[OSM-newbies] Adding a cul-de-sac to an existing street

[Isaac Wingfield]

On Aug 21, 2010, at 4:00 AM, newbies-request at openstreetmap.org wrote:

>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Isaac Wingfield <isw at witzend.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I did that. The two ways are still separate (they do not highlight  
>> at the
>> same time when one is selected, as I expect they should). Will they  
>> "become
>> one" at some future time when the server figures it out?
>
> They will remain separate and independently selectable.  So what you
> see now is the expected behaviour.

Expected, huh? Perhaps, but not very functional. I certainly would  
"expect" all of the elements of a single street to be selected when  
any part is clicked on -- especially when they are as physically close  
as these are. I would modestly suggest that OSM's definition of a  
"way" is a bit too restrictive to properly handle the real world.

Anyhow, thanks for telling me that's how it is.

Isaac