> From: Florian Lohoff [mailto:f...@zz.de] > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:14 PM > Subject: Re: [josm-dev] Relation editor support for north/south and > east/west similar to forward/backward > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 03:57:40PM -0600, Ian Dees wrote: > > > > No, these aren't compass directions. They're the directionality of the > > road. For example, this way is part of the I-94 interstate going west, > > but a compass in a car driving on it would tell the viewer they were > > pointing > > north: > > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39372612 > > So - North would be "straight on", east would be "left", west would be > "right" in 99% of the other countries?
You'd have to ask someone with those other countries. That particular way is part of the I-94 with role west, and you'd tell someone to get on the I-94 west, even if they're physically driving north. _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
