NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum

Does the OpenStreetMap API set a limit on the number of ways containing a node?

Does the OpenStreetMap API set a limit on the number of relations containing a member?

asked 21 Jul '10, 05:52

NE2's gravatar image

NE2
1.4k333954
accept rate: 9%

Yeah, it's the inverse of this question.

(21 Jul '10, 05:53) NE2

The Ways and Nodes are stored separate. And a third table stores the links between nodes and ways. So there is no technical limit.

permanent link

answered 21 Jul '10, 06:39

DennisB's gravatar image

DennisB
139125
accept rate: 0%

I'm not sure, but given the data structures used in the database, there likely may not be a limit.

How many ways do you really thing should share a single node? I would think once you got past a half-dozen or so at a very complicated intersection, things would just be getting silly.

Can you think of a good reason for a large number of ways to share a single node?

permanent link

answered 21 Jul '10, 06:07

David%20Dean's gravatar image

David Dean
54141517
accept rate: 22%

edited 21 Jul '10, 06:09

-1

The only limit I'm aware of is 2000 nodes per way.

permanent link

answered 21 Jul '10, 06:39

JohnSmith's gravatar image

JohnSmith
723
accept rate: 0%

Your answer
toggle preview

Follow this question

By Email:

Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here

By RSS:

Answers

Answers and Comments

Markdown Basics

  • *italic* or _italic_
  • **bold** or __bold__
  • link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
  • image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
  • numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
  • to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
  • basic HTML tags are also supported

Question tags:

×290
×236
×205
×167

question asked: 21 Jul '10, 05:52

question was seen: 7,270 times

last updated: 10 Oct '22, 10:06

NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum