[OSM-talk] tagging segments - Was Re: Problems with Osmarender

[Nick Whitelegg]

>
> I had created one way, named "the high street", and tagged it as
> unclassified, then for the segments which were residential I tagged these
> as abutters = residential, and the segments which were retail I tagged as
> abutters = retail.  This dispaled as a nice road, with one name on it, and
> the abutterts coloured as needed.
>
> Am I to understand this will not now display, and that to display the road
> I will now have to create three ways, on e way tagged as highway =
> residential, one tagged as highway = unclassified, and one tagged as
> highway = retail (is this latter one even valid?)
>
> David
>

I think for abutters, tagging the segments is fair enough. However if the 
actual *type* of road changes halfway along, e.g. from a busy through road to 
a quiet residential street, then you'll want the visual appearance to change 
and so have two separate ways.

Nick