[OSM-talk] [Tagging] Voting open for "Bridge" proposal

Gervase Markham gerv-gmane at gerv.net
Mon May 19 17:25:29 BST 2008


Shaun McDonald wrote:
> It is a special kind of bridge that is usually longer than the normal
> bridge.

So it has longer sides in the rendering...

> There is often some historical interest related to it. It may
> even be a tourist attraction.

Both of these things can be true of normal bridges, and there are 
various tags and additional icons which can be used in those cases. My 
question is: why does a viaduct need a different rendering *just because 
it's a viaduct*? I've not seen generalist maps which differentiate.

Gerv





More information about the talk mailing list