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

[Lester Caine]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 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.

And details like two or three deck bridges also require a little more 
information, although the layer model would at least keep cars off the 
train level ;)

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