[Tagging] Clarification on the role link in route relations

[Dave F]

Unsure how prevalent it is, but I've seen them as separate relations 
included in super-relations with the link role.

DaveF

On 09/01/2022 10:43, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
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> Jan 8, 2022, 23:27 by tagging at openstreetmap.org:
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>     On 08/01/2022 21:02, Minh Nguyen wrote:
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>         This is a high enough number that it can't be dismissed as a
>         mere tagging mistake, yet it falls far short of the 766,473
>         highway=motorway_link ways, let alone other highway=*_link
>         ways. [8]
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>     I think there maybe a misunderstanding of the difference between
>     route relations & ways upon which route relations are placed.
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>     The link role of a route relation can be placed on *any* way. It's
>     commonly used as an indicator for 'this is the way to go to get to
>     the route'
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> If it is signed, then it should be a separate route relation and 
> removed from the
> actual relation.
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> If it is not even signed, just what mapper recommends to access route
> then it should be removed.
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