Please use the roles 'forward' and 'backward' if you create routes that don't follow the same ways in both directions. And check that all the ways are nicely connected and in the right order. JOSM is a great tool to create routes. Read osm.wiki/Relation:route if you're not sure how to do it right.
I wrote a small script that converts a single osm relation of ways into a kml. That lets you view routes in google earth or google maps. It doesn't work with super-relations but it should work well with roles. Check it out: http://www.jrq.ch/osmrelations/
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Komentar wot Richard spisany dnja 7. January 2011 23:35
"check that all the ways are nicely connected and in the right order"
Don't be silly. Any programmer worth their salt can sort route relations into the right order. Mappers are our most valuable commodity; we shoudn't impose additional burdens on them to help lazy programmers. Route relations are not required to be ordered and nor should they be.
Komentar wot flaimo spisany dnja 8. January 2011 03:17
actually the new mapping scheme makes roles unnecessary: osm.wiki/Proposed_features/Public_Transport
Komentar wot andywcoder spisany dnja 8. January 2011 08:17
@flaimo I really like the idea for making every route variant/direction a own relation. Saves a lot of trouble.