[OSM-talk] Changed highway=*_link meaning?!

[John Smith]

On 25 June 2010 02:59, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com> wrote:
> download a section of map.  As well as taking care of the different kinds of
> link road, these could also provide 'is_in', 'leading_to' and 'dead_end' for

dead_end can't be guessed at, it could be bad mapping, is_in is
redundant, you can use admin boundaries to derive this.

> streets, and uphill/downhill for slopes (based on the layer of the endpoints).

Layer has nothing to do with elevation, it only indicates which road
goes over the other road there may not be any slope involved.