On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 05:05:21PM -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mar 21, 2014 4:59 PM, "Richard Z." <ricoz....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Example of a problem this should catch: I have seen cases where someone > > wanted to tag a simple bridge with layer and added the layer to the wrong > > segment - tagging a hundred or more miles of road accidentally, possibly > > affecting crossings far away for an area not downloaded. The validator > will > > not detect it and in most cases the renderer will work around this bug > very > > well so it is only discovered by accident in most cases. > > This is not limited to layer, I have seen the same problem with culverts > and > > bridges. > > This seems like something a validator should be able to catch without > overly complicating how levels work.
I am not trying to complicate how layers work right now but trying to codify how they already work in >99% of cases in easy to follow rules that could be utilised by validators. Yes, the validator should be able to catch such situations. Just how? It doesn't right now. I see some possible approaches: * warn user if tagging excessively long ways with "layer". Here the problem is to judge what is excessively long. * warn user if applying layer to a way that exceeds the size of downloaded area because in this situation the validator is unable to do even the basic checks. * warn user if applying layer to a way without tunnel/bridge/covered/indoor or similar tags. There is more than just JOSM and all should follow the same rules so ideally this rules would be nicely documented in the wiki. > > What kind of underground areas are that in Kansas, do you have a pointer? > > I'm not exactly sure where exactly it is, but there's apparently a pretty > extensive underground industrial and office district entirely underground > complete with drivable underground streets in KCK thanks to repurposing an > old mine. interesting, I will have a look when I have some time. Richard _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
