Okay, even if we accept that -- and many OSM mappers do not, which is why there are tens of thousands of route relations in the database -- who is going to add all those ref tags?
You haven't addressed the original problem, which is that there is a lot of editing to be done, some of which is tedious and easily performed by computers. ~ Peter Budny Kevin Peat <ke...@kevinpeat.com> writes: > You don't need a route relation to do that just a ref tag. > > Kevin > > On 21 February 2011 17:40, Jean-Marc Liotier <j...@liotier.org> wrote: > > Navigation, for starters : turn-by-turn indications are improved by being > able to mention "turn left on route 35". > > Besides, it is static geographic data which fits OpenStreetMap's basic > purpose, so as long as it does not step on anyone's toes it is relevant > even if there is only one user. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- Peter Budny \ Georgia Tech \ CS MS student \ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk