On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:15 PM, John Smith<delta_foxt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- On Thu, 27/8/09, Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You also seem to be saying that "routing software" should >> work out >> *for itself* which junction the stop sign applies to. I >> disagree - the >> mapper on the ground should be able to enter this >> information in the >> database. > > Then we should add is_in tags to every node and every way and every relation > to show what is where so software doesn't need to guess which boundary > applies to which node, way, relation.
There are two important differences: 1) The meaning of a particular way or node is separate from the value of is_in. On the other hand, the meaning of a requirement to stop is NOT separate from knowledge of the junction to which it applies. 2) ANY kind of way/node could be marked with is_in. On the other hand, marking the junction to which a requirement to stop applies is only relevant to that particular requirement to stop. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk