[OSM-talk] Re: One way streets

[Raphael Jacquot]

Oliver White wrote:

> Given that most peoples' editors don't show the direction of segments, 
> wouldn't it be easier to say "oneway=N", to indicate that you can go north 
> along the road? It's more human-readable, and can be edited without having to 
> rearrange segments, and can be extended to complex things (e.g. "oneway=N, 
> bus:oneway=S")

that's totally unuseable from a machine's point. it has no understanding 
of north or south or whatever. all it knows is, we have a segment with 2 
points, and you can go from a to b and / or from b to a