[Tagging] aeroway=runway - wiki fiddling

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Sun Mar 11 22:45:43 UTC 2018



On 3/10/2018 5:27 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Mar 9, 2018 03:49, "Austin Zhu" <austinzhu666 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:austinzhu666 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Well, maybe there is someone who thinks mapping runway as area is
>     wrong? I think that both way and area are OK, because the way
>     element matches the way we map taxiways. So it is useful when
>     others need to guide their plane using osm data(maybe in flight
>     simulator softwares). Mapping as area can show the width of the
>     runway and thus is more realistic. The best method should be using
>     both elements. Just like highway objects. Obviously, the wikipage
>     needs some edit or restoration.
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> Map the runways and taxiways as linear (who knows, someone might want 
> to have a routable model for flight simulators or similar games), and 
> map the negative space (grass infields, etc) as areas?
>

Eventually routers will have to deal with areas that are routable .. 
pedestrian areas , step areas as well as runways that are areas.
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