[Tagging] roundtrip

[Peter Elderson]

Isn't that should-be tagging for the validator? I don't know if that's less
frowned-upon than tagging for the renderer...
Besides, if you derive the tag from your tagging tool, couldn't the
validator do that directly?

2018-05-25 11:15 GMT+02:00 Jo <winfixit at gmail.com>:

> I tend to use roundtrip=yes when (after fixing) a route relation gets this
> double way icon next to the ways, instead of a single vertical line (JOSM
> only ofc).
>
> If we all start using it that way, we could create a validator rule for
> checking the relation is still 'all right'.
>
> Polyglot
>
> 2018-05-25 11:10 GMT+02:00 Johnparis <okosm at johnfreed.com>:
>
>> Interesting.
>>
>> Similarly, a route that is not closed can be a roundtrip. The start and
>> end points might be several meters apart, even on different roads, yet
>> serve the same destination. There are a few (very few) examples I have
>> found in the Paris area. Here's one. It's not marked roundtrip=yes but
>> probably should be:
>>
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8140184
>>
>> I agree that this tag seems to be of very limited usefulness, though I
>> confess to having used it on occasion.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/05/18 15:48, Peter Elderson wrote:
>>>
>>> What is the use of the key:roundtrip?
>>> Explanations just say
>>> roundtrip <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:roundtrip>=yes/no (optional)
>>> Use roundtrip=no to indicate that a route goes from A to B. Use
>>> roundtrip=yes to indicate that the start and finish of the route are at the
>>> same location (circular route). It seems rather pointless to tag an
>>> obvious a-b route with roundtrip=no, or an abvious roundtrip with
>>> roundtrip=yes.
>>> Why would you tag an a-b route as roundtrip=yes, or a closed route as
>>> roundtrip=no?
>>>
>>>
>>> A route that is 'closed' can be a non round trip.
>>> For example the bus only does one circuit then goes on to another route
>>> elsewhere. This can be done to provide services to both that route and to
>>> other parts of the community with other routes.
>>> There may not be enough demand for a continuous circuit to be viable.
>>>
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