[OSM-talk] [Tagging] Voting open for "Bridge" proposal
Shaun McDonald
shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk
Sun May 18 23:27:45 BST 2008
On 18 May 2008, at 16:07, Gervase Markham wrote:
> Raphael Studer wrote:
>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Bridge
>>> This has now been approved, with > 15 votes.
>>
>> How, that was fast :)
>>
>> Now lets find a way to render viaduct and swing.
>
> Swing is usually rendered, at least on maps which focus on the thing
> _under_ the bridge rather than the thing over the bridge, as a filled
> black circle with a line extending from it, the line being the bridge
> over the e.g. canal.
>
> Why does viaduct need a different rendering from bridge? Surely you
> know
> it's a viaduct because there's a train track running over it?
>
It is a special kind of bridge that is usually longer than the normal
bridge. There is often some historical interest related to it. It may
even be a tourist attraction.
Shaun
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