[Talk-GB] Underground Pipelines

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Brian Prangle wrote:
>Sent: 09 November 2009 11:14 AM
>To: Talk GB
>Subject: [Talk-GB] Underground Pipelines
>
>We have several oil terminals just to the E of Birmingham and wandering
>around the countryside I come across loads of pipeline markers. In places
>there are enough to join them up with man-made=pipeline ways. My problem is
>how to tag the direction of flow. The oil pipeline markers have the
>direction of flow indicated on them ( gas ones don't). I've tagged the
>pipelines as oneway=yes which results in mapnik rendering little blue
>arrows in the countryside. Whilst this is to me ( who's mapped them) a good
>indicator of the presence of a buried pipeline it will probably be
>meaningless to any one else. Any opinions out there?
>

That exactly how I'd tag them. The rendering engine needs to be a little
cleverer and not just blindly render all oneway=yes tags.

Cheers

Andy