On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:57 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Its not perfectly positioned and I think the circumference is a tad short > but I made a reasonably good insert of the CERN LHC (and SPS) into the > database last night in time for the first full circle beam test of the LHC, > which has just successfully completed. So, for anyone wanting to know > exactly where the two accelerator rings are in the world it's now possible > to point them to OpenStreetMap. Another first for community mapping :-) > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=46.2731&lon=6.073&zoom=12&layers=0B00FTF > > I hope the data made the planet dump (JIT), in which case it should appear > also on the Mapnik layer shortly. > > For now the two rings are tagged with highway=trunk and highway=primary > respectively. They also carry tunnel=true of course. There are a couple of > big notes tagged as well that confirm the highway tag is less than ideal > and > that something better needs to be used. But for now, since they don't > connect with the road network I don't think anyone will be routing over > them > ;-) > > enjoy > > Cheers > > Andy > Not sure if you should be chastised for tagging for the renderer or commended for the PR effort :-P Karl
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