On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:31:04 +0200, Jochen Topf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I propose to not modify ways by default and to remove the way-id of >> ways that are modified during extraction. >> What should a tool care if the way references node-ids that it has >> no nodes for because they are outside the bounding-box? It has to ignore >> them. >> >> The removal of the ID is because this is no longer the way with >> that ID but a new and artificially created way that contains a part >> of the original one. > ... > There is another option, I want to bring into the discussion: In the > case of the Osmosis extract we could keep the node list, but not include > the nodes itself. This would keep the way object intact for the price of > breaking referential integrity. This is the solution employed for > relations, which are not resolved recursively (or only to a certain > degree). This way we don't have to make objects incomplete. Still > wouldn't solve the imcomplete tag thing.
That is exactly what I proposed with "not modify ways" and is also what I do in Traveling Salesman when working with much less then a whole planet for routing. Marcus _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
