[mkgmap-dev] Question reg. default style

Thu Jun 6 10:38:04 BST 2013

On Thu, Jun 06, GerdP wrote:

> Hi Thorsten,
> 
> okay, I understand.
> I assume you look at the map rendered by OSM.
> If you look at this area in e.g. JOSM you see that a total of four ways are
> meeting in the middle of the area.

Ok, yes, I missed that, and in this case this is the better variant.

> So this is probably a case where the area is not needed, but I also don't
> know how to detect it.

Yes, a very special case, I think in 99,9% of the cases the area is
needed.

  Thorsten

> Thorsten Kukuk wrote
> > On Thu, Jun 06, Gerd Petermann wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I wonder why the default style lines file
> >> adds areas as a routable lines, e.g. 
> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/25466948
> >> 
> >> The rule that matches is
> >> highway=service [0x07 road_class=0 road_speed=2 resolution 22]
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Does it make sense to make areas routable?
> > 
> > Yes, how else do yo want to connect the streets which are
> > ending at this place?
> > In your case, the parking area in the north wouldn't be reacheable
> > anymore.
> > 
> > And yes, I myself don't like to have only the border of an area
> > routeable, I would prefer if we could create invisible ways
> > crossing the area and connecting all ways ending at the place,
> > but I have no idea how this could be done.
> > 
> >   Thorsten
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