[OSM-talk] mark a way as secondary

Joerg Ostertag openstreetmap at ostertag.name
Sat Jun 10 12:44:09 BST 2006


> >
> >Well, this is a part of the definition, I dislike even more. Map Features
> >suggest using "railway=tram".
> >
> >Why not just "tram=yes"? Or even simplier, just adding another way for the
> >tram line with "class=tramway"? This would be much more understandable to
> >me (hm... maybe not as easy with the online applet..?)
>
> But you cannot have "class=tramway" AND "class=highway" at the same time.
> That was the reason for the more descriptive & separate keys.

Yes, and I would create 2 separate way for this; since they could also have 
different attributes like lanes=3, height=3m, ... and these would mostly be 
different for the tram and for the cars

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Joerg




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