[OSM-talk] non-linear ways

[Andy Robinson]

Well, when I cogitated the suggested key names I struck with "highway".
Consider these definitions:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=highway

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=class

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=classification

To my mind the former fitted the uniqueness of the key much better than any
other word in English.

Cheers,

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Walraet
>Sent: 15 May 2006 19:09
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] non-linear ways
>
>Simon Hewison a écrit :
>> I've started writing a sanity checking script that will locate ways with
>>  non-linear segments, yet look like a straight line.
>
>I have mapped roundabout with 2 concentric roads linked by multiple
>segments. How do you tag this if a normal way has to be linear ?
>http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit.html?lat=48.84853783982394&lon=2.39671921
>73004155&zoom=15
>
>I think your script is going to detect a lot of non-linear things that
>are not mistakes...
>
>
>> class=footpath
>> class=walking path
>> highway=footpath
>>
>> all become
>> highway=footway
>
>I don't understand why everyone wants to use "highway" instead of
>"class". For me (but my English is not very good), an highway is a big
>road... It's strange to read something as "highway=footpath".
>
>But I strongly agree we should try to all use the same key/value for the
>same things. If the standard is "highway", the applet should be
>modified. It currently drive the user to use "class".
>
>
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