[OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

[Steve Hill]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:

> It might not be the A11 from the point of view of who is in charge of
> maintaining it, but it is the A11 from the point of view of someone
> following the route of the A11 to get somewhere. Therefore it should be
> in a relationship as part of the A11, but should not be tagged "ref=A11".

I'm not at all convinced that OSM should be making decisions as to what 
roads should be considered part of the A11 despite not *really* being part 
of it.  However, if you want to do that, isn't this what the route= tag is 
for?  ref= tags a physical entity, route= tags a logical route.

  - Steve
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