[OSM-talk] Statistics on planet.osm.gz

[Tom Carden]

On 4/13/06, Immanuel Scholz <immanuel.scholz at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Ok, no problem here. Just skip the city part off the highway. Way's can
> contain holes - no problem here.
>

Eeek!

I think that's a problem.  Contiguous ways would be a much more useful
data type.

Ways with multiple names are not a problem.  Ways with occasional
segments which are slow or have different names are also not a
problem.

T.