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

[John Smith]

2009/9/21 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 1:20 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 2009/9/21 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
>>
>> > True.  But it is the best way to do it.
>>
>> Says who?
>
> Says the person who made the statement.

That doesn't justify anything, using that logic I could say anything
and it would be true because I said it was.

>> > But there are multiple ways in reality.  A "way" is a path of travel,
>> > not a
>> > piece of asphalt.
>>
>> Why is it?
>
> Because that's the primary purpose for which maps are created.  To inform us
> how to get from place to place.

I wasn't asking you about mapping in general I was asking you to
clarify your statement, it simply isn't treated that way in all
situation or each residential street would be 2 parallel ways, instead
we use a single way to indication a pair of lanes, so which is it
going to be do we need to split residential streets or do we treat
things as a piece of asphalt when it suits us?