[OSM-talk] Mapping streets as areas - can I do it now?

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Mon Feb 22 23:29:05 GMT 2010


On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> >
> > ...Way representation is more useful for
> ...
> > - anything that has directional information, such as oneway roads
>
> Exactly. Mapping a way as an area is fine as long as you also
> represent *the path of travel*.
>

What path of travel?  There are many paths of travel, and generally none of
them are properly represented by a line going through the middle of a
roadway.
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