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

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On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 10:45:58PM +0000, matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk wrote:
> I like the idea of using paths rather than segments, and propose the following
> to make the transition easier:
> 
>   nodes stay as nodes
> 
>   segments are extended to become paths (i.e. ordered list of >1 nodes) - db
>   backend needs updating, but tools will still work as before until they are
>   updated, as a segment is just a path of two nodes
> 
>   ways are renamed to groups

While I like this transition scheme so far I've not yet heard which
problems we are specifically trying to adress. And does this new
scheme actually solve anything at all?

cu bart