[OSM-talk] Removing all signposts from relations

[Mark Wagner]

On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:14:14 +0200
pangoSE <pangose at riseup.net> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Recently it was discussed whether to have signposts in route
> relations. I suggest we delete them from all relations by running a
> script. I se no loss of information doing that and a benefit to data
> consumers wanting to sort and calculate the length and height profile
> of the relation which I think should only contain unclosed ways
> belonging to the route.
> 
> What do you think?

I think that if software can't handle filtering out route members that
aren't of interest, it's defective and needs to be re-written.

(I think it's also likely to crash as soon as it encounters some of the
messes that make up real-world OSM data.)

-- 
Mark