2010/1/9 Stephen Hope <slh...@gmail.com>: > 2010/1/9 John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com>: >> No it isn't, the preprocessing software could do that if it needs it, >> this isn't a reason to add extra nodes to the database. > > We are talking about the API for editors and casual use of the > database. There are no pre-processors involved. Sure, rendering > engines that are working with huge parts of the planet set and doing > pre-processor runs can handle long lines (if they know they have to). > But if you want to edit a small area in the middle, your editor won't > download the huge outer areas required to find that such a line > exists.
Anyone looking to edit such a way will simply keep looking for a point, the Eyre highway isn't completely straight, just has long straights, but again I don't think this is a valid reason to add additional nodes. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
