[OSM-talk] SOTM: Relations workshop

[Karl Newman]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>   if time permits, I'd like to use some time at SOTM to have a little
> discussion about relations:
>
> * how are relations already used, how good does it work?
> * what additional uses do we want to push?
> * what kind of editor do we need for those - good ways to hide
>  gory details from users like Potlatch does with the simple route
>  relations - can this be done for turn restrictions etc. as well?
> * what kind of renderer support do we need?
> * does anything have to be changed about relations (some have called
>  for ordered relations)?
>
> and so on.
>
> I'll set a date and location for this when I'm there; I assume there
> will be some provisions for "workshop"-type events much like we had
> last year, so we'll just do this in parallel to the talks somewhere,
> and details will be posted there and then.
>
> Everyone welcome - especially those who use relations and those who
> implement their use in editors/renderers/scripts.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>

In regards to simplifying turn restrictions, it might be helpful to look at
a model like GPSMapEdit [1] uses--basically a rendering of each possible
turn at an intersection with checkboxes to select which ones are restricted.

Karl

[1] http://www.geopainting.com/
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