[OSM-talk] area topology

[Sebastian Spaeth]

Shaun McDonald wrote:
> If you have a road and stream running parallel they would be entered  
> as 2 ways that are parallel. The same happens for the carriageways of  
> a motorway that are separated by a barrier.

Well, let's say that this is also controversial and we had that 
discussion before. Personally I use sharing nodes when I have a forest 
that borders on a motorway, for example.

So, there might not be the one solution for all. Either parallel ways 
that are next to each other or share nodes...

spaetz