[talk-au] what to do about railway line

[Cameron]

I have done a similar thing in Adelaide with a the tram line running down
King William Road. It renders well in Mapnik and Osmarender (slightly better
in Osmarender where the tram line goes from being in the road to not.)  Link
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http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=-34.933214180869754&lon=138.6059908377002&user=justcameron&zoom=15&layers=0B00F000

When transformed to a Garmin .img file it shows up as a tram line or a
railway or something, and there's no way to tell that there's a road there
just by looking at the map. If the map was made routable maybe it would
allow you to drive along it, but I'm not sure if Garmin's format supports a
way that can have trams, cars, bicycles and pedestrians all at once.

However we need to see that this is a limitation of the garmin renderer (or
maybe the application to transform the data from OSM format to the Garmin
format.) The data shouldn't be adjusted for a separate application.

~Cameron

On 12/12/2007, Sean Williams < z0dgorl02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks guys for your input.  I've given Cameron's idea ago and just
> added railway=rail also to the way.  I've sent the tile for rendering
> and so far, so good.  Just don't know what it will do later when the way
> is turned into a map for a GPS.  I might make a map for my Garmin and
> see what happens.  If it's a problem I'll just run another way beside it
> and turn that way into the railway line.  I think having 3 ways (2 for
> the street and 1 for railway line) is just a bit to messy and more work
> for me.  This street is unique in that it is one of a couple of places
> in Aust that has a major railway line running down the middle of it.
> This street is more like a tram line running down the middle of a
> street.  The line doesn't really act like a median strip in that you can
> make U turns or if it was safe you could overtake someone.  It's more
> like I said a dashed single divider line you would find on most roads or
> streets.  It just a bit hard to know what to do with it.  If anyone has
> any better ideas let me know.
>
> Sean
>
>
> Mike R electroc-at-bigpond.net.au |Open Street Map| wrote:
> > John
> >
> > If you add ways between the two carriageways that are a layer higher
> > than the rail line, they should appear as crossings over the railway.
> >
> > */MikeAus/*
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* talk-au-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> > [mailto:talk-au-bounces at openstreetmap.org] *On Behalf Of *John Kitchener
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 December 2007 8:51 AM
> > *To:* talk-au at openstreetmap.org
> > *Subject:* [talk-au] what to do about railway line
> >
> > Stuart says:
> >
> > "Well if it acts as a median strip (ie, cars can't cross it), then
> > make it like a dual carriageway, but with a railway in between the two
> > ways."
> >
> > I guess this is the solution ... however as cars can cross and make
> > right hand turns across the line, you'll have to add all these little
> > extra ways all along the affected street.
> >
> > One day when OSM provides auto routing, it'll need this.
> >
> > I think we need to attend to these details as we build. :)
> >
> > John k
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