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

[Dave F.]

Roy Wallace wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Peter
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>>> I can suggest to add bridge's physical form to this. Otherwise yeah,
>>> why not. It would also help to indicate where bridge actually starts
>>> and ends to help routing software logic.
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>> Why would routing software need to know the extent of a bridge?
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> OSM is not just for routers. It should be a map of what exists in the world.
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True, but I was asking Peter why he thinks that routing software would 
need to know that info.