Anthony schrieb: > 2009/12/10 Dirk-Lüder Kreie <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Anthony schrieb: > > That does it, I'm making a way with name=Northern Hemisphere. Or > would > > that be name=equator. Doesn't work, does it? > > No, you can't put in the equator as a *closed* way, since the API > doesn't allow the way to wrap around on lon+-180°. > > > How does the API determine whether or not a way is closed?
The "first" node is simply referenced a second time at the "end". > Isn't it up to the software at the other end of the API to interpret a > way which goes from -179 degrees to +179 degrees along the equator? (JFTR: -180 and +180 degrees are valid longitudes.) > I assumed (I guess incorrectly), that most software would interpret that > as the shortest possible line - a line with a length of 2 degrees, not a > line with a length of 358 degrees. Yes, your assumption was wrong, the software does no wrapping around at the 180° Meridian. (currently) -- Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie Bremen - 53.0901°N 8.7868°E _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
