Ok lets look at one intersection:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=potlatch2&lat=-37.757227&lon=145.354724&zoom=18
This will open in potlatch 2 or you can view it here on the map:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-37.75735&lon=145.355389&zoom=18
ways 136173430, 13673431, 13673419, 13673432
These are not separate ways, they are lanes within the main way. If
they were ways then they are not two way streets. Someone who is not
from Australia (eg USA where they drive on the opposite side of the
road) who was to follow this would end up facing on coming traffic on
the wrong side of the road. They have intersections with other ways
without intersection nodes.
You complain about the chunkiness and messiness of the current data yet
the information you have entered aside from being totally incorrect is
absolutly useless to any body. Try looking at these intersections on a
small garmin gps screen and then try to navigate through them.
The problems you point out below are not data problems they are
rendering issues and you are mapping incorrectly for the renderer. If
you want these to display differently then modify the renderer don't put
in incorrect data.
These do not reflect reality as currently there, remember it is a map
not a photorealistic representation of what is on the ground. If you
want photorealistic representation then use nearmap or bing or google.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Don%27t_tag_for_the_renderer
Cheers
Ross
On 28/11/11 21:12, Supt_of_Printing wrote:
Hi Rosscoe,
Supt_of_Printing has sent you a message through OpenStreetMap with the subject
intersections:
==
Well if someone can explain to me what is actually wrong with smoothing out the
chunky jagged curves on intersections, the useless street names on slip lanes,
etc., the useless over-abundance of directional arrows for every little bit of
the intersection where the direction is quite obvious (making the intersection
look messy), crossovers in median strips matching the intersecting roads rather
than the road it is actually in, etc., etc., etc., I may get it! But surely the
aim is to give a professional and clear non-confusing look to the roads on the
finished product rather than how it looks on the potlatch editing mode. I would
rather the editing mode looks like a bit of a dog's breakfast so that the
finished product doesn't!
And yes, I have read the thread on intersections. Perhaps someone can point me to the rules
that says"there should only be two through carriage ways in both directions and the
slip ways at the sides" as this doesn't reflect reality, as there is not two through
carriage ways with a big square"island" in the centre of the intersection on
the ground.
I will continue to edit to get the roads and intersections to look
professional, reflecting reality, rather than the confusing, chunky rendering
with an over-abundance of arrows and street names that I so often come across.
Supt_of_Printing
==
You can also read the message at
http://www.openstreetmap.org/message/read/226965
and you can reply at http://www.openstreetmap.org/message/reply/226965
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