Re: [OSM-talk] Roadside Distance Markers

2009-10-23 Thread John Smith
2009/10/23 mle i...@dynoyo.plus.com: Hi Folks - on a recent survey, I mapped some roads with modern km markers by the side of the road.  How should these be mapped - As a node within the highway, or a separate single node to the side of the highway.  And how to tag these ? Wouldn't it be

Re: [OSM-talk] Roadside Distance Markers

2009-10-23 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/23 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com 2009/10/23 mle i...@dynoyo.plus.com: Hi Folks - on a recent survey, I mapped some roads with modern km markers by the side of the road. How should these be mapped - As a node within the highway, or a separate single node to the side of

Re: [OSM-talk] Roadside Distance Markers

2009-10-23 Thread Kev js1982
In the uk km 0 is often on a road that was never built! The km markers on the m6 start counting at the london end of the m1 so it isn't always the same road that the end is on On 10/23/09, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/23 mle i...@dynoyo.plus.com: Hi Folks - on a recent

Re: [OSM-talk] Roadside Distance Markers

2009-10-23 Thread Konrad Skeri
Calculating distance should be done by software by calculating and adding length of segments (ways). No relation needed. The signs however could be of navigational aid. E.g. turn left into the minor road 500 m after the sign saying 'Skara 14 km'. It could be made to fit as an extension to the

Re: [OSM-talk] Roadside Distance Markers

2009-10-23 Thread Morten Kjeldgaard
On 22/10/2009, at 22.50, mle wrote: on a recent survey, I mapped some roads with modern km markers by the side of the road. How should these be mapped - As a node within the highway, or a separate single node to the side of the highway. And how to tag these ? I've been researching that

Re: [OSM-talk] Roadside Distance Markers

2009-10-23 Thread Joseph Scanlan
On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 16:22 +1000, John Smith wrote: Wouldn't it be better to make a relation or something similar to indicate the start of the way and then mile markers can be calculated? Doesn't always work. A highway could be realigned without changing mile posts and exit numbers on

[OSM-talk] Roadside Distance Markers

2009-10-22 Thread mle
Hi Folks - on a recent survey, I mapped some roads with modern km markers by the side of the road. How should these be mapped - As a node within the highway, or a separate single node to the side of the highway. And how to tag these ? ___ talk