[Tagging] Wide steps

2011-10-07 Thread David Earl
Any suggestions as to how to represent some steps... These steps aren't that unusual I guess, but they aren't a staircase. They form the edges of a piazza-like platform, running most of the way around it. There are only 4 steps, but they are several of them, up to about 40m wide: http://twitpi

Re: [Tagging] Wide steps

2011-10-07 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/10/7 David Earl > Any suggestions as to how to represent some steps... > > These steps aren't that unusual I guess, but they aren't a staircase. They > form the edges of a piazza-like platform, running most of the way around it. > There are only 4 steps, but they are several of them, up to a

Re: [Tagging] Wide steps

2011-10-07 Thread Erik Johansson
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:50 PM, David Earl wrote: > Any suggestions as to how to represent some steps... > > These steps aren't that unusual I guess, but they aren't a staircase. They > form the edges of a piazza-like platform, running most of the way around it. > There are only 4 steps, but they

Re: [Tagging] Wide steps

2011-10-07 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi. I stumbled upon that issue several times, yet. I'm not sure, but perhaps the area:highway-proposal [1] is useful here. Before we have to discuss the general pros and cons of that proposal: I don't think it's necessary to tag all streets with an area (but it would be possible, sure), and I do

Re: [Tagging] Wide steps

2011-10-07 Thread David Earl
On 07/10/2011 18:13, Peter Wendorff wrote: I'm not sure, but perhaps the area:highway-proposal [1] is useful here. There are already numerous highway areas for things like market places and piazzas, but it's done as highway=x;area=yes, not with its own key. These are properly rendered on Mapn

Re: [Tagging] Wide steps

2011-10-07 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 07.10.2011 20:18, schrieb David Earl: The additional highway:steps would stay at separate ways "on top" of the area. This shouldn't be necessary, any more than any other highway area. It's like putting a node for parking in the middle of a parking area. I don't see how you are able to tag

Re: [Tagging] Wide steps

2011-10-07 Thread Brad Neuhauser
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Peter Wendorff wrote: > Am 07.10.2011 20:18, schrieb David Earl: > > >> The additional highway:steps would stay at separate ways "on top" of the >>> area. >>> >> >> This shouldn't be necessary, any more than any other highway area. It's >> like putting a node for p