[OSM-talk] Azimuth measurement

[Tobias Knerr]

On 09.04.2014 10:21, schrieb moltonel 3x Combo:
> For the specific case of benches, if you care about orientation you
> might as well draw a way instead of a node. It's easyer to map, and
> less ambiguous (tag name ? value format ? mapper error ?).
> 
> One thing the wiki doesn't specify for way-benches is the viewing
> direction (left or right of the way). But following the same
> conventsion as for water and cliffs, "view on the right" sounds
> intuitive. Somebody should check actual usage and update the wiki.

I think the meaning of an explicit direction tag is much more obvious
than an implicit convention based on way direction.

Ways for benches could still make sense for curved benches or extremely
long ones, of course.