[OSM-talk] Ways in tunnels

matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk
Tue Oct 3 21:08:52 BST 2006


On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:03:17PM +0100, David Groom wrote:
> Is there a consenus / best practice on how to tag ways which run through 
> tunnels?
> 
> Lets assume a rail line (A-D) which runs through a tunnel (B-C)
> 
> A_____________B   __   __  __  __  __ C________D
> 
> There seem various ways of tagging this:
> 
> 
> 1)  Way A-D tagged as railway = rail; and segments B-C tagged as tunnel=yes
> 
> 2)  Way A-B   C-D tagged as railway =rail.; and way B-C tagged as railway = 
> rail, tunnel =yes
> 
> 3)  Way A-D tagged as railway = rail; and way B-C tagged as railway = rail 
> tunnel=yes

Personally I would go for 2, unless it was a very short tunnel in which case I
_might_ use 1. I would never use 3.

-- 
Matthew




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