[OSM-talk] relations

[Richard Fairhurst]

Jo wrote:

> I'm adding relations for bus routes and now I'm going to start using
> them for cycle routes and signed walking paths. I have a few questions
> about them and their implementation in the editors though. I find that
> I'm splitting up roads a lot to indicate that a specific part of it is
> part of a route. Say somebody comes after me and uses Potlatch or JOSM
> to combine these streets again. Would this be possible? Or is it somehow
> prevented?

Right now, the only relations support in Potlatch is that if you  
delete an object (be it way or node), it is also removed from any  
relations that it might be in. In other words, the bare minimum  
required not to break relations (though it may on occasion break their  
meaning!).

Proper relations handling is something that Potlatch will need in due  
course but isn't a priority for me at the moment - though I think Dave  
Stubbs has started work on implementing it.

cheers
Richard