[OSM-talk] Left and Right - a proposal

[spaetz]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 07:37:09PM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> On the other hand, when tagging stuff that is to the left and right of a 
> road or footpath, there is no way to know which direction it will have 
> in the database. There is no widely agreed general rule on what 
> constitutes the left side of a road and what the right side. I strongly 
> dislike using "left" and "right" in such a situation where direction is 

I do like the "north, south, west, east" of a way. even if ways are moved somewhat they will still remain valid. You would have to move the ways a lot (turn it to be more precise) to make it point into the wrong direction.

spaetz