[OSM-talk] Several map features at the same place

[Steve Coast]

On 26 Sep 2007, at 18:26, Alex Mauer wrote:

> Tom Hughes wrote:
>> No, no, no. Semicolons are the one thing you must never, ever put  
>> in a
>> tag or a tag value, at least for nodes and segments.
>>
>> The reason is that the database uses them to separate tags so you  
>> will
>> wind up getting rubbish back if you do it.
>
> That's .. horrible.  Why only for nodes and segments?  How /should/ it
> be done then?  I take it there is no way for it to work, at least for
> nodes and segments (it works fine for ways...)

Because schematically nodes and segments are basically identical  
where lat/lng is from/to node.

It might be horrible but it's also incredibly quick. Ways have  
normalised tags.

have fun,

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