[OSM-talk] Area Support /Osmarender

[Nigel Magnay]

>
> >
> > Can you please clarify if there should be a node at the crossing, or
> > not?  I guess not, as in OSM nodes seem to mean connection.  I have
> > probably done one or two flyovers incorrectly on that basis.
>
> Two roads only share nodes if you can also change from road1 to road2 at
> that
> point. If you cannot change roads at that point they are not allowed to
> share
> points! Otherwise you'll never have a chance to get routing to work
> correctly!
>
>
Why? Surely any router of value is going to understand that it can't move
from way(type=highway) to way(type=railway) ?

A level crossing is, by definition, the intersection of a road and a
railway. Park on the middle point and you're on a road, and a railway
(albeit orthogonal to it!).
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