[OSM-talk] Something left to draw [was: Re: Nothing left to draw]

[Etienne]

On 7/4/06, Thomas Walraet <thomas at walraet.com> wrote:
> (forgot to send to the list)
>
> Erik Johansson a écrit :
> >
> > I think it's a nice Idea, but I usualy want the other thing; I know
> > that there is more here to explorer that isn't on the map, so I want
> > to mark it so I know I should return.
>
> I do this by drawing the start of the known road and finish with an
> unconnected segment :
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=48.629853555866795&lon=-3.2948354453125&zoom=12
> (with the new renderer, you have to zoom a lot to see it)
>
> I find this self-explanatory. It's a bit like "..." marks (point de
> suspension en français)
>

I've used a similar technique.  Just a couple of unconnected and
untagged nodes at the end of a road leading off in the right general
direction.  It's very useful to indicate that you know there is a road
there but haven't surveyed it yet.  Thomas's technique has the
advantage that it appears on the rendered map, where as solitary nodes
do not.

Etienne