[OSM-talk] The segments vs ways vs superways question again...

[Dave]

On 1/1/07, Nick Whitelegg <nick150971 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> A better solution in the interim perhaps would be to provide strong
> recommendations on the storage of ways - for example, make sure that ways
> comprise segments all aligned in the same direction and logical order, and,
> for branched streets, have one way per branch. This may require a little
> more effort editing, e.g. when adding new segments to an existing way,
> make sure they are aligned in the same direction as the current way, and
> follow on in logical order. Maybe adding numerical segment indices (within
> the parent way) in JOSM would help here - then people would know which end
> to extend the way so that the segments follow on in logical order.
>

The only way this is going to happen is with tool support. ie: write
something for JOSM to help you accomplish editing in this way. There's
absolutely no way I'm going to be bothered to create a new way for each fork
in a housing estate -- it just takes too long with the current editing
modes. It would be nice to overhaul JOSMs editing modes anyway... the whole
plant nodes, drag segments, select ways thing can be a bit long winded.
Way splitting tools may be useful (add a way join tool too!)... or just do a
complete rethink. Maybe some automatic backend things like reordering ways,
or autosplitting branches.

I am tempted to just suggest not bothering and let the end uses do any
splitting if they need to... maybe somebody come up with a library to do
lots of common things?
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