Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-07 Thread Robin Paulson
On 6 June 2010 12:21, Dave F. wrote: >> highway=steps area=yes? >> >> > A very good question posed by Alex. I have a few wide steps (~50m) in my > city. > > It's a good start for a solution from Nathan, but it would need a > direction tag in order for the renderers to know which way the steps > we

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/6/7 Steve Bennett : > Interesting problem. Seems related to the general "how to map a street > as an area without sacrificing the properties of streets" problem. Use > an area, and a relation, with the relation specifying which way(s) are > the top and bottom? +1, as long as the lateral side

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/6/6 Roy Wallace : > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Dave F. wrote: >> >> Off the top of my head I'm thinking of a line within the area that >> defines the direction. it would have to be linked to the boundary by >> using relations(?) > > Yup that is how I think also. Still no complete soluti

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-06 Thread Steve Bennett
Interesting problem. Seems related to the general "how to map a street as an area without sacrificing the properties of streets" problem. Use an area, and a relation, with the relation specifying which way(s) are the top and bottom? Steve On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > On

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-06 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Dave F. wrote: > > Off the top of my head I'm thinking of a line within the area that > defines the direction. it would have to be linked to the boundary by > using relations(?) Yup that is how I think also. Still no complete solution, but probably worth refining

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-06 Thread Michael Buege
Zitat Dave F.: > Nathan Edgars II wrote: >> Alexander Menk wrote: >> >>> is there any better way for mapping "very wide steps" (100 m, half >>> circle) instead of putting lots of steps next to each other. >>> >> >> highway=steps area=yes? >> >> > A very good question posed by Alex. I ha

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-05 Thread Dave F.
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > Alexander Menk wrote: > >> is there any better way for mapping "very wide steps" (100 m, half >> circle) instead of putting lots of steps next to each other. >> > > highway=steps area=yes? > > A very good question posed by Alex. I have a few wide steps (~50m) in

Re: [OSM-talk] Tagging "wide" steps (tribune / terrace)

2010-06-05 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Alexander Menk wrote: > Hi! > > is there any better way for mapping "very wide steps" (100 m, half > circle) instead of putting lots of steps next to each other. > > This is what I am talking about: > > http://www.addismap.com/exhibition/media/front-view.jpg > > An