[OSM-dev] making osm2pgsql import relations?

[Peter Wendorff]

Am 08.11.2012 01:04, schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer:
> 2012/11/7 Ákos Maróy <akos at maroy.hu>:
>> On 07/11/12 22:12, sly (sylvain letuffe) wrote:
>>> osm2pgsql only uses it's multipolygon building ability when relations
>>> have a tag "type" with value "multipolygon" or "boundary" (unless
>>> patched) relation n°25 for exemple hasn't.
>> it hasn't on purpose. the relations I use are not used to stitch
>> together polygons. they are relations in the traditional sense: they
>> collect various data about the same thing, in this case, an airport. the
>> related data is a range of lines (runways), points (navigation aids) and
>> other stuff, like the 'airport reference point', etc.
>
> You could have everything inside the airport polygon with the PostGIS
> function ST_Within and without any special relation, but if you are
> after special roles in your relation you won't have them with
> osm2pgsql. If you use Osmosis for the import you will get everything,
> but in the API db schema.
if you use osmosis, even the snapshot schema may be an option. This very 
much depends on your needs.

regards
Peter