[OSM-talk] Thai problems: 1: Foreign Language naming conventions 2: Elevated Highways.

[Raphaël Jacquot]

Nick Black wrote:

> If the off-ramp or spur isn't yet built, it won't be in the Sat-nav's
> map, so the unit will never guide someone off it, unless there is a
> servere GPS/INS or software screw up.
> 
> Guiding a car to a 50' drop instead of a
>> gentle ramp is something best avoided.

a spur would be  a road stopping somewhere and not connecting to any 
other road. you could label said spur as unfinished or something

> 
> Yes, and I don't know of any commercially available navigation systems
> that consider elevation in these terms.  Most road networks, including
> OSM's do not record elevation of nodes or segments.
> 

the Japanese GPS nowadays show a 3D view of what you should see.
the ones in use around here are apparently not that advanced

>> How do you code a toll road and toll gate.
>>  Hopefully have the first GPX files uploaded in the next 10 days. I'm
>> working on the Chiang Mai area first.

that I'm not sure we have worked on yet.