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Node included in muliple ways

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Is there a possibility that a NODE could be included in multiple WAYs?

asked 11 Sep '15, 12:52

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carlilord
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Is there a specific situation (e.g. a particular node/way) that you're thinking of?

(11 Sep '15, 12:58) Lightsider

no I just use the API to get the ways from a nodeID and in my code I just handled the possibility to get one way back. (I want to add lanes in my local .osm file so I can use it in a traffic simulation)

(11 Sep '15, 13:11) carlilord

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Yes. :) I can think of two situations:

  • Crossing ways (e.g. a junction between two roads).
  • Overlapping ways, where two ways lie over each other (e.g. a river which also forms the border between two countries).

answered 11 Sep '15, 13:01

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thx didn't think about that...^^

(11 Sep '15, 13:13) carlilord
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Or, much simpler, a street is split in two parts, and both share the connection node.

(11 Sep '15, 14:03) Frederik Ramm ♦

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