[OSM-talk] Newbie - queries and usability suggestions

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On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 03:12:42PM -0000, David Earl wrote:
> (a) an order-of-magnitude better presentation that doesn't depend nearly so
> much on how the segments are put together (I say this not as a criticism of
> the huge voluntary effort that has already gone in, and also in recognition
> that I should devote some of my time to it if I can); and also that happens
> automatically (that seems to be coming).

Agree.

> * it's not possible to split a Way with JOSM, so its a good strategy to make
> ways as short as possible. Keep roundabouts separate and break a way at that
> point. Where a way branches multiple times (some estates have the same name
> for a street that has three or four or more branches), keep the longest
> straightest path as the named Way. There's not much point in naming the
> shorter branches at present because osmarender truncates these and they
> aren't readable. Don't try to make all the branches a single Way or the text
> goes all over the place.

I still think this is wrong. Ways that branch in 3, 4, 5 sides are very
much a reality and after all we are modelling reality... If some renderers
can't cope with this (related to your first point I quoted above), we
should be looking into improving those renderers.

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