[OSM-talk] route=road - What's that all about then?

[Philip Barnes]

On Thu, 2014-08-21 at 19:20 +0100, Dave F. wrote:
> Hi
> 
> http://ra.osmsurround.org/analyzeRelation?relationId=18159&_noCache=on
> 
> This route relation appears to be just for the B3070. Isn't that a waste 
> of time as it's covered by the ref tags on the ways?
> 
> I thought route relations were a way to allow tagging of journeys taken 
> over numerous types of ways. Any reason why I shouldn't delete it?
> 
It does look totally pointless, but it could be worth asking the mapper
why.

Phil (trigpoint)