Re: [josm-dev] self-intersecting ways

2010-03-20 Thread Anthony 
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Pieren  wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Paul Johnson  wrote:
>
> >
> > If you go the absurdist route, maybe.  If you want to map the
> > landuse of the right-of-way, how about landuse=highway?
> >
> >
> This has already been proposed. But until everyone is drawing a polygon for
> the road, we have to accept that the polyline "is" the road.


But the road is not the same as the right of way.  The right of way
generally (at least in places I'm aware of) extends beyond the road.


> So, gluing the
> adjacent landuse to the highway or leaving a space preparing the road
> polygone are both correct. The second is just more accurate than the first.
>
> Pieren
>
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Re: [josm-dev] self-intersecting ways

2010-03-20 Thread Paul Johnson 
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:23:54 +0100, Dirk Stöcker wrote:

> Mapping also means generalizing. This means you do NOT map what is
> EXACTLY on the ground, but you map what it means and is sensible.

Art generalizes.  Cartography is a science.



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