On 08/18/2010 08:53 AM, Marko Mäkelä wrote:
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 07:41:55AM +0300, Harri wrote:
Here's an example from my style how I use adding info multiple times:
# append to name highway=cycleway& surface=paved {set name='${name}+P'} highway=cycleway& surface=unpaved {set name='${name}-P'} ... (How) do you watch these names when riding your bike? Have you considered using different line styles for all 4 combinations of {paved,unpaved}×{lit,unlit}? Something like this would be useful when mapping. Also segregated=yes/no, moped=yes/no, but that would blow up to 16 combinations already.
Some navigators like my car navigator show the name of the street I'm riding on. On my Oregon (which I use for bicycle) the current road is not shown (unless navigating). However, it displays names for other streets on the map (perticulary the crossing streets). Actually I have a fixme-layer which includes my watched tags. It overlays the info using different lines. I agree that is is a lot more usefull. It makes mapping a lot more efficient, because if I see something missing on a nearby road (the one I'm riding on), I usually get a photo and add it later on. It also helps a lot in getting to the road near by even if my current location has no missing features. This has helped me a lot in getting more info. I use both, because if I were to watch for too many features, the different line types would easily get too complex to remember. My watch list includes currently surface, lit, maxspeed, name, name:sv and snowplowing on winter. That would give me 36 combinations already while it fits in a few easy-to-remember characters. -- Harri