Hi, > Left/Right Scheme > ----------------- > > I propose that it be possible for features to be tagged using a generic > left/right scheme, with left and right being relative to the direction > of the way.
I find that this only makes sense when what is left and what is right is discernible *without* reference to the actual direction of the way. E.g. rivers: We have agreed to always tag them in the direction of the flow. So when I'm there tagging something which is on one side of the river, I *know* whether it is left or right, or vice versa, if I look up the way in the database and it is tagged to have a towpath on the left then I *know* where the towpath will be without even looking at the lat/lon of the nodes. Even the general public will be able to use the information that there is something on the "left hand side" of a river. On the other hand, when tagging stuff that is to the left and right of a road or footpath, there is no way to know which direction it will have in the database. There is no widely agreed general rule on what constitutes the left side of a road and what the right side. I strongly dislike using "left" and "right" in such a situation where direction is arbitrary. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
