On 25/2/10 3:59 AM, Liz wrote: > On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Roy Wallace wrote: >> This, on the other hand, may well be true. But IMHO this is NOT a >> reason to limit what gets entered into the OSM database, but simply to >> *pre-process* the OSM data (filtering out unwanted details as desired) >> prior to loading onto the GPS unit. >> > i agree. > perhaps a cyclist would want the roads removed for some styles of map >
Yes, actually that's rather like what I had in mind: a walking map of Fremantle. It was me, you see; I'm the overmapper! I don't think the extra detail is harmful, and if one were to produce a map in which the footways were big and obvious, and the roads little incidental grey lines, then this data would be better off as ways rather than extrapolated from roads' tags. Of course, it's that slippery slope again: at what point will someone come along and want to map footpaths as areas?! Actually, the GIS data that I'm most familiar with (not to imply that I'm familiar with it at all, really) is that of Western Power, where every footpath /is/ an area, as well as every grassy verge and driveway entrance! - Sam. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
