[Tagging] Ferry lines, ways or relations?

[Felix Hartmann]

I think both should be supported. For simple lines, e.g. crossing a 
river. not using relations should be good enough. For more complex 
routes, especially on the sea, relations are better suited.
On 05.09.2012 13:07, Janko Mihelic' wrote:
> I have seen that most of the ferry lines are drawn as ways, each one 
> representing a public transport line. They have a route=ferry tag, 
> motorcar=* and so on.
> But if you have several lines and several different types of one line 
> (on Fridays it doesn't stop on this island), you will have to draw a 
> lot of lines on the sea. That's why I thought that relations are 
> probably the wanted way of drawing ferry lines. Also, the new public 
> transport scheme says so.
>
> I just wanted to see if we agree, so that I can go to the OSRM github 
> page and complain why they don't route over my ferry relations :)
>
> Janko Mihelic'
>
>
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Felix
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