[OSM-talk] Bridges

[Tom Chance]

On Saturday 14 October 2006 18:03, Tom Chance wrote:
> On Saturday 14 October 2006 17:41, David Earl wrote:
> > Why is highway=bridge a property of a node not a linear segment which
> > covers the extent of the bridge (on a segment, like abutters, so it
> > doesn't mean breaking up a way)? Railway bridges are linear but road
> > bridges aren't.
>
> So far as I understand it, highway=bridge is for when a node is a bridge
> (not sure when that would be), and bridge=yes is for when a segment is a
> bridge. This is so you don't get two values for highway (bridge and
> primary, for example). That's just my guess, anyway.

Sorry, I meant when a way is a bridge, since segments are potentially being 
phased out.

Regards,
Tom


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