[OSM-talk] Get rid of segments [was: Oakham]

[SteveC]

* @ 19/10/06 10:56:30 AM thomas at walraet.com wrote:
> Etienne a écrit :
> > 
> > The use of areas rather than abutters looks much nicer, and I for one 
> > will be doing all my maps like this from now on.  The biggest limitation 
> > at the moment is that because direction is an attribute of a segment it 
> > is not possible for two areas to share a common boundary.  Because of 
> > this the region around the church, for example, is a bit of a maze when 
> > viewed in JOSM. The sooner we get rid of segments the easier it will be 
> > to do this kind of thing.
> 
> I'd like to know the opinion of server-side coders on this "get rid of 
> segments" thing.
> 
> Ruby On Rail port of the actual system seems to be the priority at the 
> moment. But once it will be done, what's next ?
> Does a change to "ways are ordered list of nodes" is really considered ?

Yes, and it wouldn't be super hard. As I recall, imi didn't think it was
a great idea but I can't remember why.

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/