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

[Liz]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Anthony wrote:
> Because that's the primary purpose for which maps are created.  To inform
> us how to get from place to place.


No, a map is a statement about the world, and a person's view of that world. 
That's why I mentally marked up 
> > However that doesn't reflect reality
>
> It does reflect reality.  It just reflects a different part of reality than
> you want it to reflect.

because there is no answer to some conflicts.

Maps are political statements too, which is why the Mercator projection is so 
popular in European classrooms and books.