Re: [talk-au] More General Observations

2010-05-11 Thread Sam Couter
Liz wrote: > In the 1980s we lived in NWQ, and travelled to Tassie on holidays. > We got the impression that the road engineers were paid by the corner. As a motorcyclist who was finally able to tour Tassie on two wheels recently (been waiting ten years for the chance) I'd just like to say roads

Re: [talk-au] More General Observations

2010-05-09 Thread Liz
On Sun, 9 May 2010, Ross Scanlon wrote: > Except Tasmania where I don't think I saw a road outside towns that was > straight for more than 1k, whereas out the back blocks of Qld etc they go > forever. > In the 1980s we lived in NWQ, and travelled to Tassie on holidays. We got the impression that

Re: [talk-au] More General Observations

2010-05-09 Thread Ross Scanlon
On Sun, 9 May 2010 23:03:29 +1000 John Smith wrote: > I gathered as much, but there is long sections of highways in rural > Australia that are very straight and too few nodes can be as bad as Except Tasmania where I don't think I saw a road outside towns that was straight for more than 1k, wher

Re: [talk-au] More General Observations

2010-05-09 Thread John Smith
On 9 May 2010 23:19, Ross Scanlon wrote: > I'm talking about city blocks where over a 1/2km section there was 10 nodes > not designating anything. The simplify way tool removed all of them and left > the two end nodes only. I gathered as much, but there is long sections of highways in rural Au

Re: [talk-au] More General Observations

2010-05-09 Thread Ross Scanlon
On Sun, 9 May 2010 20:49:57 +1000 John Smith wrote: > On 9 May 2010 19:33, Ross Scanlon wrote: > > Mainly on straight roads. I know when tracing it can make it easier to do > > so using lots of nodes but this vandalism was hard to revert because of the > > number of excess nodes on ways. > >

Re: [talk-au] More General Observations

2010-05-09 Thread John Smith
On 9 May 2010 19:33, Ross Scanlon wrote: > Mainly on straight roads. I know when tracing it can make it easier to do so > using lots of nodes but this vandalism was hard to revert because of the > number of excess nodes on ways. It is worth noting that you should add a node once every 5 km or

Re: [talk-au] More General Observations

2010-05-09 Thread John Smith
On 9 May 2010 19:33, Ross Scanlon wrote: > Mainly on straight roads. I know when tracing it can make it easier to do so > using lots of nodes but this vandalism was hard to revert because of the > number of excess nodes on ways. I've seen excess nodes created because people convert GPS traces