--- On Mon, 24/8/09, Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com> wrote: > It wasn't my suggestion. I don't like the idea of "putting > a node just > before the intersection", because that is arbitrary. If > we're tagging > an attribute of the way, tag the way - if we're tagging an > attribute > of the intersection, tag the intersection.
So tag it to the side the road where the GPS cords are then. > I don't know why you make the comment that "making > relations and > splitting ways" is convoluted. One of the main reasons for > David's > proposal here is to avoid the need for a relation. And > "splitting > ways" is already quite a common way to deal with these > issues in OSM, > is it not (e.g. turn restrictions)? I didn't say that I agreed with that practice either. > As for whether people will "be bothered" to tag a way, > well, I'm not > sure. But I don't think mappers are generally lazy. Prone > to > misunderstanding and confusion, sure, but not lazy. Some people aren't interested in the finer points of mapping, especially when you have a blank canvas. Going out of your way to map stop signs in a difficult way isn't high on the priority list when streets aren't mapped yet. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk