On Wednesday 17 September 2008 08:34:33 Hendrik T Voelker wrote: > > All established relations > > seem to use k='type' v='something' to indicate what kind of relation it > > is. > > Yes, I have seen that. Because of that I had include the question. > Nonetheless I think that it's redundant, as the existence of a group tag > should make it clear that this is a group :) Streets, houses, what ever do > it the same way.
The type tag is there on all established relations to make relations easier _machine_ readable. Any program can look at the type tag to see which tag is the "main" tag of the relation. Otherwise all programs would have to maintain a list of relation-types themselves or look at some centrally maintained list. -- m.v.g., Cartinus _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
