It seems to me we would be on safer
ground if we stick to common understandings of
what an object is, rather than worry too much
about specialized exceptions (Ponte Vecchio
definitely). A bridge is a structure built to
take traffic (car, foot, railroad) over
something. It's a concept everyone gets.
In the same way, a dam is a structure
built to hold back water. It could have a road
going over it (Boulder Dam, Glen Canyon Dam), but
it's still basically a dam. And, again, everyone knows what it is.
With Ponte Vecchio I'd be interested to
see how you would indicate the structures on the
bridge. It's so much a part of the bridge's character, but challenging to draw.
Charlotte
At 12:18 AM 10/18/2012, you wrote:
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Ok.
And a dam is a waterway, according to the Map
Features Wiki, so I suppose that the same tag
could be applied to a bridge crossing a river,
but what about the ones over railways and motorways ?
By the way,
i live in Firenze(Florence) so I suppose that if
I draw and tag the Ponte Vecchio (not a little
bridge over a stream far away in the countryside
) ,
a lot of people in the OSM-community will discover that quite quickly
:))
Da: Dave F. [mailto:[email protected]]
Inviato: mercoledì 17 ottobre 2012 17.37
A: [email protected]
Oggetto: Re: [OSM-newbies] R: What is a "bridge" ?
On 17/10/2012 16:29, Alech OSM wrote:
After all we can draw dams, that are a sort of
bridge (pedestrians, cars
) with a very deep
river/lake on one side and a narrow one(not always
) on the other !
Indeed. On of the best comments I heard when
starting OSM was "If it's physical, then you can map it"
I think deciding on how much detail you go into
just depends on how much time/patience you have.
Dave F.
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