[Tagging] Using route=road to group the segments of a street (was: Re: Reasons for associatedStreet?)

[Elena of Valhalla]

On 9/1/10, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No, I know what you're grouping. It's the why that I'm unsure about.
> Where's the benefit in this relation?

it would be useful to manage common data (e.g. the name) in the
relation instead of having to update it in every part of the road

I'm not so sure about using the route relation, however: it does look
like some sort of hack, and a new relation type would sound more
logical.

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