2009/9/19 Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org>: > Hi, > > John Smith wrote: >>> >>> I would recommend a relation to unify "several bridges" in one (which >>> gets also the name). Not really more simple to map, but resulting more >>> accurate and probably could also render nicer. >> >> That seems like such a nasty way to do it, this is why I've suggested >> allowing us to tag lanes, not just ways so we don't need to do this >> sort of hacks to tag the physical world. > > Indeed. A much better way would be tagging the bridge as a man-made > construct of its own (i.e. in most cases draw an area for the bridge > surface), and then use a relation to say which ways lead over (and possibly > which lead under) the bridge.
that's what I intended (besides the area, which I think is a very good idea, good get even more detailed and add type of bridge-construction, pylons, shoulders, etc.). cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
