[Talk-GB] Is this a footbridge?

Dave F davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com
Sun May 5 16:39:45 UTC 2019


Given the small width of the ditch, I wouldn't bother with the separate 
way, but just put the ford & handrail tags on the intersecting node.

The way you've mapped it the ford & handrail are 5 metres in length.


On 05/05/2019 17:19, Martin Wynne wrote:
>>
>> Got a Link?
>> If you're mapping linear ways a node at their intersection with 
>> ford=yes is required.
>
> Thanks Dave. I have now added an intersection node, which has fixed 
> the error.
>
> However, it seems a bit odd to have to do that? It means there are now 
> 2 elements tagged ford=yes, an intersection node, AND a short bit of 
> footpath corresponding to the length of the handrail.
>
> Are some renderings now going to show 2 separate ford symbols? The 
> standard OSM map was happily showing a ford symbol with only the 
> footpath tagged.
>
> Here's the link:
>
>  https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.29595/-2.60809
>
> cheers,
>
> Martin.
>
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