[OSM-talk] How do I tag this road in OSM

[Etienne]

On 8/1/06, Thomas Walraet <thomas at walraet.com> wrote:
>
> Christoph Burghardt a écrit :
> >
> > 1.) First i set the points, then i connect the segments, after that i
> > generate a way. How should i construct a way without these prior
> > informations?
> >
> > Until now a segment is the basis for a way, you can't remove it!
> > agree with you, ways are collection of segments. but you will always
> need
> > the segments as a base.
>
> Segments could be removed if we consider a way as a collection of points.
> It allow many things, as using same points for two ways with different
> directions. It also enforce linearity (?).
>
> I think it's a good idea to be able to group ways for tagging, but it
> doesn't means that we should keep the "dual point only segments" thing
> if we can have a better system.
>
>
> Actual system :
> - Segments are the physical representation of the word. single line only.
> - Ways are the things to group tags.
>
> Other possibility :
> - Ways become the physical representation of the word. multi line
> (collection of points).
> - We can still group them for tagging.
>
>
> The only difference is to switch from single-line segments to polyline.
> It save the works of creating a group when that's not needed.


Yes!

Side note : even if we keep the actual system, user interface could
> allow the creation of ways directly from points (each clic add a point,
> a segment to this point, and add the segment to the road). This can
> divide by 3 the needed number of clics for long roads without
> intersections.
>
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