[OSM-talk] The Return of the Highway tags and other junk

[guy at graviles-reynolds.org]

Quoting Ben Robbins <ben_robbins_ at hotmail.com>:

 
> I don't use this tag.  I never tag viaduct for just the reasons you said. 
> Its just a large bridge, wich the map makes clear by the size of the bridge.
> 
>   I tag the bridge ends, and then landuse none beneth the railway/road that
> 
> crosses it.  (it can be seen in this example)  
> http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g226/ben_robbins_/DoubleBridge-1.png
> 
 Whilst this looks pictorialy accurate, it would be useful to know where it was 
to see if the tagging adhered to covention and thus could be used be used by 
navigation softwere, or whether in striving for pictorial accuracy you have 
lost one of the key potential uses of the data

Guy