[OSM-newbies] map fearures in XML

[Wim de Vries]

> It is done this way
>
> <tag k="amenity" v="post_box"/>
In order to render this to sth. visible, you need to know and define what
the visible output of the elements "tag" and "node" (and/or their
attributes) are .
To put it in other words: to draw a highway, you need to know/define which
(XML) tagging is used for highways.
reg wim

>
> So you see that there is only a general "<tag>" element with a key and
> a value. Which keys or values you use is completely up to you and
> cannot be defined.
>
> I'm still not sure if this is what you want/mean.
>
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