[OSM-talk] zones for motorway/in town/outof town?

[Radomir Cernoch]

Ben Laenen píše v Čt 21. 05. 2009 v 17:54 +0200:
> So while it seems to be a polygon vs tags on ways discussion:
> 
> I wonder what people have against using relations to combine all roads 
> in one built-up area, or one maxspeed zone, or some other kind of zone. 
> It's really the cleanest option and allows for additional tags like a 
> name, and it allows everything to be more clearly defined, and allows 
> for a method which is much more flexible and allows for extended 
> properties.

How would a typical city look like? All 80 km/h roads in one relation
and all 50 km/h roads in another relation? Or one relation per suburb?

And what about while countries: all rural 90 km/h roads in one relation?

Thanks,
Radek