[OSM-talk] Bridge tags

[Andy Robinson]

Ben Ward wrote:
>Sent: 04 January 2007 3:21 PM
>To: OSM Talk
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Bridge tags
>
>(back to maps for me)
>
>Sorry to bring up the bridge tags again. Luckily I'm not proposing
>another way of doing it, just trying to clarify what's best practice.
>
>The area I've been working on recently has a few bridges (hooray for
>Devon) and since finding a way of not having to wait for a non-broken
>planet to render, I've found myself trying to fix the bridges so they
>sit correctly.  Unfortunately I'm still confused over which element
>gets the bridge tags.
>
>Is it the way?  Do I have to break up the way, re-create it, and make
>it bridge=true, layer=1 then create two surrounding ways?
>
>Or do I delete the way, edit the underlying segment with bridge=true,
>layer=1 then recreate the way?
>
>If it's the former, is there a way in JOSM to split a way (like the merge
>ways)?
>If it's the latter, can I somehow edit the attributes of a segment
>without deleting the way which uses it?
>

You can select a segment which forms part of a way by holding down the alt
key. Holding also the shift key will enable more than one segment in a way
to be selected. This is also a useful method to turn around the odd errant
segment within a way which is pointing in a direction other than you would
like.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk

>Ben
>
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