2009/9/21 Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk>: > Simple answer to that BULLSHIT.
I agree even if maybe I would have put it in less harsh words ;-) > The only way to produce fine detail maps is with the correct > information. Adding a footpath at the side of a road which along the > length of the road meandering from one side to the other, is adjacent to > the road in places, or separated by a grass verge, or isolated by bushes > can not easily be managed by tags added to the road. Add the pull off > for a bus stop, with the changes in the path of the pavement for that. > The changes as a footpath merges with other obstructions at road > junctions ... and so on. Getting the renderer to guess what the real > situation is even with quite complex tags does not make sense. +1 > A single way simply does not work at the micro level unless you make the > tagging so complex that only a computer could understand it? And it > would have to have distances as part of the tags so you know how far the > edge of the path is from the arbitrary center line of the base way. +1 cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
