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

[Ralf Zimmermann]

> 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?

Look at the Bodensee (Lake Constance) for example:
   http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=47.61&lon=9.40&zoom=10
It is quite big, but it is one way with almost 900 segments. That works 
well with the editors and renderers.

As long as such huge lakes pose no problem, I like the idea of having 
only one way.

Ralf
Munich, Germany