[OSM-talk] Relations not always brilliant

Richard Fairhurst richard at systemeD.net
Mon Apr 7 16:02:37 BST 2008


Steve Hill wrote:

> Don't road numbers in brackets generally mean "leads to" rather  
> than "part
> of"?
> [...]
> I'm not sure anyone is saying it is wrong, merely unnecessary and  
> prone to
> causing confusion/errors.

+1.

Relations are for doing things that can't otherwise be done, or done  
well. But where there's something that already works well (ref tags),  
let's not confuse newcomers by requiring them to learn yet another  
thing.

cheers
Richard
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