Nicholas Barnes wrote: > Shaun McDonald wrote: > >> I have seen many roundabouts split up so that the bridges can be added >> properly, so started doing it myself some time ago. >> > > Which begs the question.... what is the point of tagging as way as a bridge? > > Other than what the rendered map looks like (and I keep hearing that > we're not meant to be tagging for the renderer), I can't see the point > of messing up a perfectly formed roundabout with all parts set with the > correct 'layer' tag when all you end up with is a roundabout which > renders as badly as this one: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.46457&lon=-1.70987&zoom=15&layers=0B00FFF > > Surely it's perfectly obvious that if a road goes underneath another > road, there must be a bridge involved. > > Sorry for the rant, but I've just fixed two roundabouts where the layers > were all set incorrectly at about the time somebody added those bus routes. > > Nick. > > It may be obvious sometimes, but even in your example, it's not obvious whether the two slip roads to the E and SE of that roundaboud go over or under the A446?
Bridges are too important a landmark to omit. Mario _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
