On 18 May 2008, at 16:07, Gervase Markham wrote: > Raphael Studer wrote: >>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Bridge >>> This has now been approved, with > 15 votes. >> >> How, that was fast :) >> >> Now lets find a way to render viaduct and swing. > > Swing is usually rendered, at least on maps which focus on the thing > _under_ the bridge rather than the thing over the bridge, as a filled > black circle with a line extending from it, the line being the bridge > over the e.g. canal. > > Why does viaduct need a different rendering from bridge? Surely you > know > it's a viaduct because there's a train track running over it? >
It is a special kind of bridge that is usually longer than the normal bridge. There is often some historical interest related to it. It may even be a tourist attraction. Shaun _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
