[OSM-newbies] proposing a new feature, and the natural=water tag

[Þórir Már Jónsson]

-----newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org wrote: -----

> Oh and one more thing.  The natural=water tag is, according to the map
> features page
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features#Natural),
> only supposed to be used on nodes and areas.  Does this mean you have to
> make one long way all around the lake (if you want to render it as an
area),
> or is it ok to break it up into several shorter ways?

It's best if you can make it a single way, but that might be difficult
for large lakes with irregular boundaries. I don't think the current
map displays will do the "right" thing if you split it up. (They do
for coastlines though, so it *could* be done for lake's too if there
is sufficient demand)

Rob

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Robert Hart


Thanks for the reply.  This is what I thought.  As there are no huge lakes
in Iceland, this should not be a very big problem here.  I do wonder
though, who's going to map the Caspian Sea.

Cheers.
TJ
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