[OSM-talk] how big are ways?

[Paul Fox]

i wrote:
 > okay -- silly sounding question, i know.
 > 
 > but i'm wondering if there are any limits, imposed by validation,
 > policy, or simply peer pressure, on either the length, or the
 > geographic area covered by any single way.

missing background, to clarify:  the question is based on
thinking about heuristics for a renderer -- not as a basis for
surveying or map editing.

(in other words, i'm asking more about the length of current ways
than about guidelines to follow when creating ways.)

paul
=---------------------
 paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 37.8 degrees)