[OSM-dev] 0.6

[SteveC]

On 6 May 2008, at 17:18, Karl Newman wrote:

> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:25 AM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
> Without reference to the ongoing debate or the changeset stuff,
>
> is there anything else that should be put in 0.6? Probably a good idea
> to talk about it now.
>
> Best
>
> Steve
>
> Well, it's probably too big of a change for the next API change, but  
> it would be nice to get a native polygon primitive. I understand it  
> used to exist but was removed because nobody was using it. (!) It  
> would be nice to have this because it would allow us to deal with  
> polygons in a generic way without having to know which tags on a way  
> indicate a polygon. It also allows us to enforce that the polygon be  
> closed (last node == first node). I'm thinking specifically of tile  
> cutting where a polygon needs to be managed differently than a  
> simple line. Without a specific polygon type, any tool dealing with  
> them will have to be updated to track changes in polygon tagging.  
> This doesn't strictly need a new primitive; it could be accomplished  
> by requiring a tag such as "polygon=yes" or whatever on a way which  
> should be designated as a polygon. However, that method doesn't  
> really allow us to enforce polygon-ness (closed way) at the API.  
> Also, there wouldn't need to be a mandatory changeover; data could  
> be migrated over time.
>
> So, I'm sure I'll be shouted down, but I'll gladly listen to  
> reasoned arguments.

it was there in 0.3 (IIRC 0.3) and nobody used it[1].

[1] - imi didnt implement it in josm so nobody used it

Best

Steve