[OSM-talk] Maximum recommended length of ways tagged with layer

Richard Z. ricoz.osm at gmail.com
Sun Mar 16 11:08:03 UTC 2014


On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 05:12:08PM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 15.03.2014 14:44, Richard Z. wrote:
> > I think it would be good to agree on something...
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:layer#Maximum_recommended_segment_length_of_ways_tagged_with_layer
> 
> I think that choosing some fixed number would be un-OSM. Your idea that
> length limits should apply to certain layers but not others strikes me
> as odd.

odd - and reflecting current usage patterns as far as I can judge
from analysing current data. Even odd rules can be quite useful.

Thinking more about it, perhaps location=* would be a good alternative
for tagging very long bridges and tunnels?
Thinking of bridges spanning whole valleys with towns bellow them and 
similar. Working out every crossing that may happen to be bellow the
long bridge and how it relates to the underground railway network down
there is impractical.

Richard



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