Hi,
On 21.11.2012 22:51, Apollinaris Schöll wrote:
relations seem to be a elegant solution for people with technology
background. And all your arguments are good ones
BUT they have quite some disadvantages. Too many non techies have
problems to get the concept right. As a result they break existing
relations or they are scared away from editing osm. osm should be easy
to use for many and creating a technology barrier for newcomers is
dangerous.
On top of that many editors have limited or broken support. As far as I
know only JOSM and P2 have solid and well tested relation support.
For a data consumer it's a challenge too. relations are a lot harder to
process. And even if an application adds relation support it still can't
drop the other scheme(s)
+1.
It is very common for "IT types" to request dropping of addr:street & co
in favour of an "associatedStreet" relation or similar - it makes
perfect sense from the perspective of a database designer. But every
time we respond essentially with Apo's words above - nothing beats
addr:street in terms of sheer simplicity for everyone involved.
Bye
Frederik
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