[OSM-newbies] How to use relations for The Chiltern Way and its extensions

[SomeoneElse]

On 18/08/2011 20:04, Bob Hawkins wrote:
> ... To date, I have created a new relation containing part of one 
> extension.  I wonder now whether this is a candidate for Parent/Child 
> Relations?
As far as I'm aware, no long distance footpaths in GB have been done 
this way.  There are pros and cons; and I guess lack of obvious JOSM 
support is a con.  Personnally, where I've mapped routes that have 
extensions (e.g the Robin Hood Way*) I've added them to the main 
relation, but other people may have done differently.  The National 
Byway cycling route (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/National_Byway) 
is individually relationed; some other GB cycling routes tend to be 
tagged rather than relationed.

If talk-gb is a bit quiet (and it often is) maybe ask on IRC on 
#OSM-GB?  You'll at least get a conversation there.

> If so, how is that connection made?  There is no apparent solution 
> when I open the Parent Relations or Child Relations tabs of the 
> Relation Editor in JOSM.

That sounds like an ideal question for help.openstreetmap.org; I've 
certainly had useful JOSM help there.

Finally, it's probably worth mentioning Lonvia's hiking map which makes 
it easy to visual this stuff:
http://hiking.lonvia.de/?zoom=12&lat=51.83173&lon=-0.50472

Cheers,
Andy

* Which has since be deleted and recreated by a someone who didn't quite 
understand what was going on and really does need me to have a proper 
look at at some point...
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