[OSM-talk] New "Highways" view in OSM Inspector

[Dave F.]

Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> 2010/1/8 Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com <mailto:davefox at madasafish.com>>
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>     To me, a straight line, irrelevant of length, should have no more than
>     two points.
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> still you are ignoring projection and earth form, or are you talking 
> about a tunnel (you will have to dig into the earth to get a straight 
> line or decent length)?

I'm aware of the concept that the earth is not flat.

But... This is a two dimensional map. IFAIK there is no 3d data. The PoV 
of viewing the OSM data via the likes of Mapnik is always through the 
surface of the earth to the centre of the earth. Therefore a line such 
as this Oz highway is, when viewed in a map, going to be straight.

OSMI is a checker for 2D data.
> (btw. you're ignoring also properties which require to split the way). 
If you are meaning junctions etc. then I was assuming that people would 
have taken this as read. Obviously I didn't take you into consideration.
> In some cases it is helpful to give editors and renderers a hand. 
> Especially very long ways are generally important so you don't want to 
> miss them on the maps, just because there is some fundamentalist that 
> doesn't care for tiling and other practical needs that we have.
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> cheers,
> Martin