Martin, could we get an example of what you're proposing at Pioneer Courthouse Square <http://mapq.st/1wZZKPG>? Portland's central transit hub and main square seems like it would be a suitably complex use scenario that would make all other examples simpler.
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:40 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2015-03-05 12:29 GMT+01:00 Janko Mihelić <jan...@gmail.com>: > >> I'm pretty sure you don't need relations to define wide steps. All you >> need is an area (area:highway=steps) and one or more ways that connect the >> bottom and the top (we can decide if the direction of ways sets what is up, >> or incline=up). Just set the step_count=* tag, and you're good to go. >> > > > -0.3, for simple cases (those currently defined by the relation) you're > right that it could be done without a relation, but not with an area, you'd > have to use 3 ways, one upper, one lower, one connecting. If you use an > area, you won't know where the steps run and where they don't (save maybe > the simplest case of an area out of just 4 nodes). > > > >> >> In case of more complicated steps, you can add a new tag, >> step_count:left=* and step_count:right=*, and put those ways on the >> dividing line, where you have a different number of steps on the left and >> on the right. >> > > > -1, this doesn't seem to work. I also can't imagine a situation where this > would occur actually, looks like a problem in the modelling (lower / upper > way not modelled correctly). Steps not being there is all a question where > you see the lateral boundary. Or maybe I am getting this wrong, can you > point to a real world example? > > > >> >> That would be much simpler for everyone, from mappers to data consumers. > > > > -1, I doubt it would be _much_ simpler, actually you'd have to draw more > ways and at least the same amount of tags. For data consumers it also seems > to be more complicated. > > Cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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