[Tagging] Proposal: Sunset ref=* on ways in favor of relations

[Colin Smale]

Surely the fact that it is difficult to get it 100% perfect should not
stop us from moving at all? As with all "big" problems, a
divide-and-conquer strategy often helps to make things achievable which
at first glance seem insurmountable. 

As this functionality really should be built into each and every editor,
we need a mechanism to make sure that all editors implement the same
rules. To me, that means documenting something in a way which
distinguishes between right/good and wrong/bad, which is often thought
to be against the laissez-faire nature of OSM because it limits the
freedom and creativity of mappers. Getting that balancing act right is a
difficult challenge. 

//colin 

On 2015-11-08 13:33, Andy Townsend wrote: 

> On 07/11/2015 23:02, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 
> 
>> Are multiple relations for (pieces of) the same route really a big problem? We could have multiple relations until they meet and then merge them.
> 
> The problem isn't that we can't merge multiple relations later, it's that we can't stop them being created in the first place.  Also "we can merge" might need a survey to resolve differing tag issues, as the the knowledge of "how to merge relations" and "what it's actually like on the ground" will likely be in different people.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andy (SomeoneElse)
> 
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