How to map a multi-spiral staircase ramp thing

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Sorry about the title, here’s what I want to map:
http://binged.it/1nZGz37

And here’s my best effort in OSM:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/50.62143/-2.45969

Any suggestions for improvement, or is there some specific tag I could add to a node to make this simpler?

Thanks! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hi, and welcome to the OSM forum!

I have a similar case near where I live, and I came to the conclusion that mapping all of the loops with ways was the only available method of representing such a construction properly. It looks a bit messy, but ultimately the goal is to represent what’s on the ground.

What you could still do would be to add layer tags to the ways to clarify what is going on where they cross. And, perhaps, incline tags if you have that data available. But otherwise I don’t see what else could be done to improve it.

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Ah, thanks for the layers tip, that makes the rendering look more understandable. Thanks! :slight_smile: