[OSM-talk] Should Bridges be independent of their ways?

[Anthony]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:

> Perhaps there could be some sort of special designation for a way with 3
> lanes at the beginning and 2 lanes at the end, which designates whether the
> right or left lane ends, if you really want to get into the fine detail.
>

To clarify, at the point where the third lane starts to end, you split the
way.  Before the point you have lanes=3, after the point you have some sort
of "lanes=3;2", "laneends=right".  Then, at the point where the third lane
is completely gone, you split the way again.  Before the point you still
have "lanes=3;2","laneends=right".  After the point you have lanes=2.  In
all cases you map the physical center of all the lanes.

No need for relations for something simple like that.  Relations would be
nice for divided highways (a separate way could even go in the middle to
represent the island or whatever divider is present), for bridges, and stuff
like that, though.
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