<div dir="ltr">Thank you Ross for the pointer about my tool chain.<div><br></div><div>I have now found a much more comprehensive import tool set and am able to produce the picture that I am looking for.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 July 2015 at 16:26, Phillip and Kerrie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philkez@gmail.com" target="_blank">philkez@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks,<div>I will now go away and look into using a different tool set to get the data into QGIS.</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 July 2015 at 15:51, Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@4x4falcon.com" target="_blank">info@4x4falcon.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Ok.<br>
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So looking at this:<br>
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<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1693549" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1693549</a><br>
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The riverbank multipolygon is closed otherwise this would not
render. It is a relation made up of 5 ways.<br>
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Are you sure you are loading all the data?<br>
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There are also limits on how many nodes you can have in a way,
that's why larger lakes rivers etc are made up of numerous ways in a
multipolygon relation.<br>
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I'd suggest rather than changing the osm data you modify the data in
QGIS and then generate the map.<br>
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Cheers<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Ross</font></span><div><div><br>
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<div>On 20/07/15 13:52, Phillip and Kerrie
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<div dir="ltr">yes I would just be closing the river bank ways.
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<div>And yes I am tagging for the renderer. I am making maps for
my employer, in QGIS and mapinfo, and wanted to use the OMS
data imported as lines and polygons as part of my background.</div>
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<div>For this to work with the QGIS importer the river banks
need to be closed so as to become polygons.</div>
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<div>Phillip Shelton</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 20 July 2015 at 13:40, Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@4x4falcon.com" target="_blank">info@4x4falcon.com</a>></span>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Guess it depends on
how you go about this.<br>
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I'm guessing that you intend to create
waterway=riverbank[1] multipolygons for the rivers and
leave the waterway=river[2] in place marking the
centerline of the river.<br>
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If so should not be a problem.<br>
<br>
Be careful that you are not tagging for the renderer
though. As this:<span><br>
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"Having the wide rivers as closed objects means that
waterways import as polygons and that makes making good
looking maps easier."<br>
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</span> sounds very much like manipulating the data to
create the output you want.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Ross<br>
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[1]<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driverbank" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driverbank</a><br>
[2]<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driver" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driver</a>
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<div>On 20/07/15 13:17, Phillip and Kerrie wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">HI,
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<div>I recently downloaded the openstreetmap data
for parts of South East Queensland. When I
imported this data into GIS, I found that the
waterways were not always closed objects. Having
the wide rivers as closed objects means that
waterways import as polygons and that makes
making good looking maps easier.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Would I be stepping on anyone's toes if I
closed the waterway ways on the wider rivers in
SEQ? </div>
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<div>Phillip Shelton</div>
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