[OSM-dev] "The Future of Areas" - open discussion?

[Ben Supnik]

Hi Richard,

>> I would prefer to use the mailing list for discussion.

> +2.

The mailing list is a lot like ASCII - as a programmer, it makes me feel 
safe. :-)

>> 3. For editors - add support for area datatype. For most editors
>> this will probably be a relatively small change

> The code will be easy, yes. Devising a coherent and intuitive UI for it may
> not be.

Stupid question:
- if an editor supports multi-polygon relations already and
- if the abstraction we pick doesn't add "yet more clever stuff" (e.g. 
if we don't add super-areas, super-ways, super-weirdness, triangle 
meshes, or any of the other abstraction changes)

wouldn't an editor already have a cherent and intuitive UI in the form 
of multipolygon relation editing?

cheers
Ben