[Talk-GB] route relations type=road

Chris Hill osm at raggedred.net
Mon Dec 7 18:27:45 UTC 2015


On 07/12/15 18:11, Philip Barnes wrote:
> 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.delete
>
The author has not responded, so I have deleted the route relation for 
A161. I will use changeset comments on any more that I find in the UK to 
discuss why they are there - my expectation would be to delete any 
others but only after attempting to engage the author.

-- 
Cheers, Chris (chillly)




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