[OSM-talk] superways as relations ?

[David Earl]

On 04/08/2008 11:14, vegard wrote:
> For naming of streets in cities, where properties change very often and
> you have to make many small ways, it sometimes gets annoying that the
> name is duplicated.
> 
> I was wondering: How good/easy would it be to make a superway-relation
> to fix that? I.e. group several ways for labeling-intentions?
> 
> I'm no expert on the inner workings in either of the renderers, but to
> me it sounds like a quick fix to a small annoyance. If someone that
> knows the renderers could either agree or disagree, I'd be happy anyways
> (well, obviously happier if they agree :)

See 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations/Proposed/Collected_Ways

AFAIK this isn't rendered at present, so for the time being the names 
would have to appear on the ways themselves as well if you want to see 
them, but in principle, a renderer could take note of this, and if it 
becomes a widespread idiom, no doubt they will.

David