[OSM-talk] SOTM: Relations workshop

[Andy Allan]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Karl Newman <siliconfiend at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Sounds interesting UI. Have you got a screenshot?

On the wider topic, I'd love to be involved in the discussion,
especially for route relations - so someone pester me if it looks like
I'm going to miss it. I currently process them using two methodologies
(one for garmin maps, a different one for the cycle map), and I'm keen
to find out what other methodologies are being used.

Cheers,
Andy