Re: [OSM-talk] ADDING THE ABILITY TO Mapping everything as areas

2009-11-27 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Lester Caine wrote: > > My point here is that the WAY information provides all of the direction > details. [snip] > The area detail is simple defined areas 'grouped' with the way or ways that > make up the > route. So in that case, you seem to be suggesting tha

Re: [OSM-talk] ADDING THE ABILITY TO Mapping everything as areas

2009-11-27 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 14:12, Lester Caine wrote: > Richard Weait wrote: >> Looks like somebody is doing some area- / micro- mapping. >> http://bestofosm.org/?type=mapnik&lon=11.42994&lat=51.30053&zoom=18 > > Nice, but still not 'micro-mapping ;) > > Which sides of those roads have pedestrian foo

Re: [OSM-talk] ADDING THE ABILITY TO Mapping everything as areas

2009-11-27 Thread Lester Caine
Richard Weait wrote: > Looks like somebody is doing some area- / micro- mapping. > http://bestofosm.org/?type=mapnik&lon=11.42994&lat=51.30053&zoom=18 Nice, but still not 'micro-mapping ;) Which sides of those roads have pedestrian footpaths. Is there a footpath on the side of the road over the

Re: [OSM-talk] ADDING THE ABILITY TO Mapping everything as areas

2009-11-27 Thread Richard Weait
Looks like somebody is doing some area- / micro- mapping. http://bestofosm.org/?type=mapnik&lon=11.42994&lat=51.30053&zoom=18 ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] ADDING THE ABILITY TO Mapping everything as areas

2009-11-27 Thread Lester Caine
Roy Wallace wrote: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Lester Caine wrote: >> The bottom line is that while adding 'width' tags all the way along a road >> may >> be a practical half way house, other area features are not handled the same >> way >> so why should roads be any different. > > I thi

Re: [OSM-talk] ADDING THE ABILITY TO Mapping everything as areas

2009-11-27 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Lester Caine wrote: > > The bottom line is that while adding 'width' tags all the way along a road may > be a practical half way house, other area features are not handled the same > way > so why should roads be any different. I think, because roads (ways) often

[OSM-talk] ADDING THE ABILITY TO Mapping everything as areas

2009-11-26 Thread Lester Caine
I apologize for not reading every post in the original thread, but too many other things to do :( The real point here is combining micro mapping with macro mapping transparently. There are many people who will argue that once you have a 'way', it can be tagged to define its 'area', but this mi