Changes between Version 68 and Version 69 of Help/Concepts/Object

Timestamp:

2016-05-09T05:48:53+02:00 (9 years ago)

Author:

openstreetmap.org-user-d1g

Comment:

refer to geometry because readers will hear "geometry" from everywhere

Help/Concepts/Object

@@ -25 +25 @@
 
 === Ways (also an OSM data primitive) === #Ways
-[[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png,20,middle,margin-right=15,margin-bottom=5,nolink)]] A **way** is a sequence of nodes. OSM **way** used to represent linear objects, ''with respective tags'' it can used to describe: a river bank, tree row, kerbs in the streets (among other uses).
+[[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png,20,middle,margin-right=15,margin-bottom=5,nolink)]] A **way** is a sequence of nodes ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonal_chain a "polygonal chain" from ordinary geometry]). OSM **way** used to represent linear objects, ''with respective tags'' it can used to describe: a river bank, tree row, kerbs in the streets (among other uses).
 
 ==== Direction ====
@@ -33 +33 @@
 ==== Segment ====
 
-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_segment Similar to ordinary geometry], it is '''a fragment between two consequent points of the way'''. This is not a part of OSM data model, but users often distinguish because of tools than operate on segment level (rather than on complete way); please, distinguish a segment(s) from complete "way"s.
+Is '''a fragment between two consequent points of the way''' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_segment "line segment" from ordinary geometry]). This is not a part of OSM data model, but users often distinguish because of tools than operate on segment level (rather than on complete way); please, distinguish a segment(s) from complete "way"s.
 
 ==== Areas ==== #ClosedWays