I just did a quick search in iD. We display the “Length” field only on the Runway preset. (I think it does make sense there)
Thanks, Bryan > On Jan 27, 2015, at 10:04 AM, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have noticed a "length" tag used on some linear ways [1]. It seems > that this is redundant, as the length could be calculated from the > geometry itself. It could also be the source of future errors should > someone split the way, for example to add more detailed tagging, such > as varying smoothness. > > The length key does have a wiki page [2], but the page doesn't have > much content. Perhaps it is only intended for nodes? > > What do you think? Should the length tag be used with ways and > relations where the length can be calculated from the geometry itself? > Am I missing something? > > MIke > > [1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/324078614 > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:length > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
