[OSM-talk] [RFC] Deprecating the use of Tag:highway=stop in favour of Key:stop

[John Smith]

--- On Wed, 26/8/09, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I still think it isn't best-practice, for the reasons I've
> already
> described, but I admit it is attractive if you really,
> really don't
> like relations (for some reason...).

It's not that I dislike relations, I think they're absolutely wonderful for somethings, like marking out long sections of motorways instead of individual ways. That said I just don't think it's the right tool in this case, ever tried to hammer in a nail with a screw driver, sure you can do it but it's not the best tool for that job.

> I wonder if you preferred a similar solution for turn
> restrictions
> (i.e. add an additional node to implicitly refer to the
> "nearest
> junction"), to avoid relations for those also? If not, why
> not?

Possibly, but I haven't thought about it, nor have I tagged a turning restriction to this point in time, I have had to think about how to tag stop signs.