Re: [OSM-talk] 'Offset path' distances

2008-08-28 Thread Gervase Markham
Richard Fairhurst wrote: Could anyone suggest what distance, and for what use, these presets should be? (e.g. narrow canal towpath, 5 metres - i.e. the offset from the canal centreline to the towpath centreline) For canal to towpath centreline, it would be 5-10m. Would it be possible for

[OSM-talk] 'Offset path' distances

2008-08-27 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Hello all, I'm adding a feature to Potlatch whereby you can select a way, choose 'Offset way', and a new, parallel way will be created a certain distance away. Obviously you'll be able to specify any distance you like, but I'd like to offer some presets in metres - for dual carriageways,

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Offset path' distances

2008-08-27 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, I'm adding a feature to Potlatch whereby you can select a way, choose 'Offset way', and a new, parallel way will be created a certain distance away. Can you perhaps also find a way to encode this information - either by way of a relation grouping both ways, or a special tag or

Re: [OSM-talk] 'Offset path' distances

2008-08-27 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Frederik Ramm wrote: Can you perhaps also find a way to encode this information - either by way of a relation grouping both ways, or a special tag or whatever - so that if the master way is changed later, the parallel way can be changed accordingly? Or would that then be too much magic? I