[OSM-talk] SOTM: Relations workshop

[Karl Newman]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>

Look here:
http://www.migratingcoconuts.com/pub/images/turn_restriction_editor.jpg The
ones that are in red are because one of the ways is marked as oneway, so
those turn restrictions are implied and don't need to be made explicit. As
you can see by the scrollbars, there are more possibilities that wouldn't
fit in the dialog.

Karl
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