Hi I read the following: Matching member roles by regular expression Currently, apply role=value is for fixed strings. I'm not quite sure what 'fixed strings ' means but perhaps it means that the unique properties of individual members of a relation cannot be parsed. This is a shame as it would be great to mark the start and end of cycling / hiking routes. In osm we can mark the start of a route using role="start" ,ie <member type="node" ref="454189725" role="start"/> <tag k="name" v="Otter Valley Walk"/> <tag k="network" v="rwn"/> <tag k="osmc:symbol" v="blue:green:yellow_pointer"/> <tag k="ref" v="OVW"/> <tag k="roundtrip" v="no"/> <tag k="route" v="foot"/> <tag k="type" v="route"/> </relation> However, I've not been able to capture this node. I wonder if anyone has an answer? r Nick -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/How-to-identify-beginning-and-end-of-a-route-... Sent from the Mkgmap Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com.