[talk-au] Help with relations

[John Henderson]

On 30/03/10 12:37, Kerry and Robert wrote:
> Thanks Neil and Pete,
>
> I have worked out how to split the way and have added a relation to
> parts of the Portland Casterton Rd and the Glenelg Hwy.
>
> I have added the Lower Coleraine Rd, Sandford Rd, Hilgay Lane and Lower
> Hilgay Rd to OSM as this was the route I took.
>
> I am using Potlatch and the relation is 536039 The Golden trail, tagged
> as follows
>
> Type=route
>
> Route=bicycle
>
> Network=RCN

Note that "RCN" should be in lower case.

> Name=The Golden Trail
>
> Should I have also used RCN-ref=name? As there is no indication on OSM.
> When in editing mode, the roads have a blue border after the relation is
> added

I wouldn't bother.  I think the name tag in the relation suffices.

Do you have some bits to fill in still?

View the route so far at:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?relation=536039

and

http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/536039

> Sorry to disappoint as I didn’t cycle the route just to add it to OSM,
> had to also drink some red wine and beer along the wayJ

Excellent - I hope you enjoyed the trip immensely!

> I have done a couple of cycle tours in Europe and became frustrated with
> the expense of maps and getting lost. I came across this site
>
> www.openmtbmaps.org <http://www.openmtbmaps.org> which are derived from
> OSM and which swayed me to buy a GPS.

I'm unable to get that URL to resolve.

John H