[OSM-dev] Tagging of multipolygons with holes within holes

Jochen Topf jochen at remote.org
Wed Oct 17 09:21:06 BST 2012


On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:02:35AM +0200, Igor Brejc wrote:
> Yes, if you split it in two separate multipolygons, then it's clear. But
> the problem is that Wiki does not explicitly forbids (just recommends not
> to) doing it all in a single multipolygon, quote:
> 
> Such cascading is still recommended when the "island" in the middle is
> > something else than the area on the outside, but where the "island" is the
> > same stuff it can just be made a hole in the hole.

Wiki was wrong. I changed the "recommended" into "needed". It just doesn't
make sense otherwise.

Jochen
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