Am 11.06.2009 14:39, Mike Harris: > Not really an aerialway as it is anchored to the ground at each end. Why not > highway=bridge, layer=n, foot=yes, etc. and bridge_type=transporter? > > Afaik this is the only remaining one in service in the UK (and I have used > it!) but I believe that there are one or two others still standing but out > of service (e.g. Warrington?). > > > Mike Harris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 11 June 2009 05:28 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] contraflow bus lanes and unusual bridges > > Cartinus wrote: >> On Thursday 11 June 2009 04:17:56 Paul Johnson wrote: >>> It's a bridge >> That's debatable. I would call it a type of aerialway. >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge> > > Oh! I thought it was literally called "Transporter Bridge," I wasn't aware > any bridges of that design still existed, given their limited popularity. > I'm wondering if aerialway=* would fit best (aerialway=ferry perhaps?).
I wouldn't tag it as a bridge, because the form of transport is rather not you driving or walking but being carried in a cabin. I'd rather tend to make it an aerialway. Albeit not tagging for the renderer take into account that bridge types aren't rendered differently, so you would expect a concrete road bridge if tagged as a bridge. Opposed to that an aerialway rendering with a dotted line conveys the nature of the connection much better. Claudius _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
