Not in all cases. Take an example where you have two over lapping or very close stations.
Shaun On 27 Jan 2010, at 20:59, John Smith wrote: > Doesn't proximity do grouping? > > On 1/28/10, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2010/1/27 Dave F. <[email protected]>: >>> Hi >>> >>> Many of the UK railway stations have a relation called site <Station >>> name>: >>> >>> http://osm.org/go/euu4xiukT-- >>> >>> What is the thinking behind this? >> >> >> site-relations are generally thought to group different parts and >> aspects of a site into one (including fences, entrances, ways, >> buildings, ...) object. This can be usefull in many regards, e.g. you >> can associate in your case (station) subway-entraces to the >> corresponding station. >> >> cheers, >> Martin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
