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[Martin Vonwald]

2015-01-28 8:58 GMT+01:00 Florian Lohoff <f at zz.de>:

> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 04:18:57PM +0100, Martin Vonwald wrote:
> > 2015-01-27 16:13 GMT+01:00 François Lacombe <fl.infosreseaux at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > I personally recommend to use the length key while mapping street
> cabinets
> > > as nodes.
> > > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dstreet_cabinet>
> >
> > On a node it makes perfect sense. At least as long as it is not
> > possible/wanted/allowed to provide the geometry.
>
> Does it ? I cant think of any application where this makes sense.
> A node does not have an orientation so why can it have a length?
>
> If it has a length it does not make sense to use a node.
>

Read my second sentence again. Some mappers do not want to draw geometry
for some small feature. See e.g. man_made=street_cabinet. There you have a
length and width. Together with the key direction one can determine the
geometry. I don't see why anyone would want to do it that way instead of
simply drawing a box, but I accept the fact, that some users do, so it's
fine for me.

Best regards,
Martin
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