Re: [Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-21 Thread David ``Smith''
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:33 PM, James Mast wrote: > I was just thinking, here in the USA, we sometimes have exit ramps that > after they split from the main highway, split again (sometimes with separate > exit #'s). One such example would be Exit #1B-1C (old #7A-7B) on I-279 here > in Pittsburg

Re: [Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-21 Thread James Mast
Well, I'm working up an official proposal for this right now. Will updating this thread and also send out a RFC once it's done. ;) -- James ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.open

Re: [Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-16 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 5/16/2011 10:39 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: isn't this information a router could gain from the data simply by looking where the ramp leads to? Not necessarily. What's a router to do with exit_to=Downtown? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@opens

Re: [Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-16 Thread Richard Welty
On 5/16/11 10:39 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: isn't this information a router could gain from the data simply by looking where the ramp leads to? yes, a router could. i think that this proposal would be useful as a way to indicate the text visible on the signs for the ramp for clear directions

Re: [Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-16 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
isn't this information a router could gain from the data simply by looking where the ramp leads to? cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Tagging split exit ramps

2011-05-15 Thread James Mast
I was just thinking, here in the USA, we sometimes have exit ramps that after they split from the main highway, split again (sometimes with separate exit #'s). One such example would be Exit #1B-1C (old #7A-7B) on I-279 here in Pittsburgh, PA. (Google StreetView examples from when the exits