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167983943 5 months ago

I've had discussions with colleagues about adding topology for culverts.

The consensus here is that adding topology for culverts is a bad idea and brings no benefit to the road network. In fact it hinders editing of the road above the culvert.

Culverts should be treated as tunnels (the tag is tunnel=culvert after all) and the two ways should cross each other without connecting at the intersection point. Other assets like power and telecommunications conduits under the roadway do not have topological links to the surface either.

There are 4 culverts in all of Victoria that have topology with the trunk/motorway roads above it.

167983943 5 months ago

Thanks Andrew for the reply. I haven’t seen many culverts with topology to roads but I see your reasoning. It’s a mountain of potential changes. I’ll keep an eye on other culverts in my work.

168825813 5 months ago

Hi Ethan. Could you add more descriptive notes than "Added miscellaneous features", please? It makes it really hard to understand at a glance what you have changed. If you're working on racecourses, say so. If you're working on waterway/road crossings, say so. When I need to check one of your changesets, they all have the same title. Thanks!

167983943 5 months ago

Hi Andrew, what is the reasoning behind topologically joining the culvert to the Hume Freeway near Greta Road?

168163897 6 months ago

Perfect - I was looking for signage on Collingwood Street at Gale Street without success. Well done, and thank you.

168163897 6 months ago

None whatsoever. The DCS NSW Base Map only has "Baths" but if that's what they're known as locally, then go ahead!

166634220 7 months ago

The change from access=no to access=private was intended to solve a routing issue. We were attempting to route from the site to the Tasman Highway, but Valhalla was using inappropriate roads/tracks. Investigation showed all the internal roads with access=no were preventing any routing.

If the permissions need to be relaxed further, that's fine. We just need routing to be possible at all.

That the site is no longer a mill with port facilities makes our quest less relevant - thanks for the useful weblink!

150816158 about 1 year ago

Hi donmac703! There's a bit of discussion (started by me) over at https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/dam-or-embankment/122526/10 that I'd be keen to hear your opinion?

137121622 about 1 year ago

Hi jakecopp - I'm not a local unfortunately. I do know the alignment has changed with the hairpin removed (changeset/159640000) via Strava and Esri World Imagery . But I can't check the rest from here.

156380184 over 1 year ago

The amenity=hospital grounds has three facilities - Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders Private Hospital, and Flinders University School of Medicine. A new hospital building has been added to show the location of Flinders Private Hospital within the campus. The existing non-routable carpark has also been connected to the road network. Additional work needs to be done on the actual campus bounds.