[mkgmap-dev] Support for "through_route" relations?

Sat Apr 13 17:01:52 BST 2013

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/through_route

Anyone care to comment before I proceed??

Thanks

Paul

On 03/04/13 21:43, WanMil wrote:
>> 0> In article <515C8E7F.4000004 at web.de>,
>> 0> WanMil <URL:mailto:wmgcnfg at web.de> ("Wanmil") wrote:
>>
>> Wanmil> mkgmap contains some code to support "through_route" relations.
>> [...]
>> Wanmil> Shall we still support this type of relation?
>> Wanmil> Can anybody explain what this relation does?
>>
>> I think the best explanation is in the patch announcement email[1] -
>> perhaps that could be adapted for the OSM Wiki?
>>
>> [1] <URL: http://www.mail-archive.com/mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk/msg04975.html >
>
> Thanks for the link!
>
> Now there have been 3 years after Mark proposed to document it in the
> Wiki... I will wait for another two months. If the relation is not
> documented after that time I think we can remove the code because the
> usage is very rare. I guess only a very few people know how to use this
> relation type correctly.
>   From my point of view we shouldn't support inofficial undocumented
> stuff (although it sounds useful...)
>
> Please don't feel offended. Just add the required documentation ;-)
>
> WanMil
>
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