[talk-au] How many segments for a road ?

[Cameron Patrick]

Elizabeth Dodd wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Stuart Robinson wrote:
> > Should still be split up into several ways, just because otherwise one is
> > forced to load a 135km long way just to look at a small area that just
> > happens to have this long road going through it...
> >
> > stuart.
> 
> This is worth talking about, but I cannot imagine why one would
> currently wish to look in detail at the road I am considering at the
> moment. 

When I mapped the Nullarbor, I did it in extremely long ways.  I know at
least some of them were ~200km long.  When there's not much along the
way, I don't see it being a huge problem.

Likewise, I'd say that placing nodes infrequently is fine for a
completely straight road, just as long as you put them in more closely
for any bends.

Cameron