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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/9/21 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:
> Osmarender does a pretty good job of those bridges:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.95907&lon=-82.53907&zoom=17&layers=0B00FTF
> Notice how it combines the two ways heading south into one bridge even
> without any additional information besides the fact that the two ways are
> close together.

there are many cases of parallel bridges though, where you don't want
them to render as one because they are two (or more), so being close
cannot be the criteria.

cheers,
Martin