[OSM-dev] Suggestion about design of OSM data structure (take out segment component)

[Cameron Patrick]

Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

> Simple editors (e.g. potlach) should not worry about polys, to keeps things 
> even simpler, and complex ones should ("want to create an area? learn to use 
> JOSM"), as well as cleaning-up tools.

One of the things I find potlatch most useful for is marking areas for
things like buildings and parks which are easily visible in the satellite
photos.