[Talk-GB] route relations type=road

[Philip Barnes]

On Sat, 2015-12-05 at 00:54 +0000, Dave F. wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> I know this has been discussed before , but recent edits by user:
> abc26324 prompts me to ask/verify again the point of road relations
> in the UK. Example:
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/103301#map=10/51.2112/-2.5578
> 
> Route relations are meant to represent, err... routes taken by people
> that transverse multiple different ways; such as bus cycle etc & not
> just a 'collection' of things, especially when they can easily be
> collated/extracted from the ref on the actual way.  
> 
> I notice even the M4/M5 have one apiece. This has lead to tag
> duplication which can never be a good thing.
> 
> Are there any roads in GB where references are shared? If not, I see
> no reason for their existence.
> 
I have noticed that he is at it again and has not responded to either
my comment with regards to the A50, or chillly's comments with regard
to the A161.

This time he has added a relation for the bits of the A1 that are not
A1(M), there is already an A1 relation. I again am not sure why we need
such relations, and the history is too big to view.

Phil (trigpoint)