[OSM-talk] RFC: what are empty nodes and how should we use them?

[Dave F.]

  On 16/08/2010 07:48, Maarten Deen wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:19:42 +0200, Frederik Ramm<frederik at remote.org>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Jonas Stein wrote:
>>> In the IRC channel i was told, that there are users who paint
>>> empty nodes in the map to mark things like
>>> "road is not mapped, but continues here"
>> I do this occasionally, and I'm sure I haven't made this up but got
>> the practice from someone/somewhere else - when a way is drawn and you
>> know it goes on but haven't mapped it, you put three "dots", just as
>> you do in written language:
>>
>> ---------------  . . .
>>

Hi

That seems like a pointless waste of time that to be & gives no clarity 
as to what your intentions are.

The way I do it:
Draw a small section of the way for as for as you could see it.
Tag it correctly for what it is.
add fixme tag with 'stub of way, please resurvey'

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:fixme



Cheers
Dave F.