[OSM-newbies] Hollow buildings

[Stefan Sassenberg]

Sorry for that posting. Somehow a straight arrow was displayed, where I 
needed circular arrows. After breaking the way up and reconnecting it, 
it's all clear now.

Stefan

Stefan Sassenberg schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> I have the same problem.
> 
> The wiki page tells me to "Create the outer way for the area in the 
> clockwise direction.", but the outer way (of the forest) already exists. 
> How can I find out if it is clockwise or anti-clockwise if I don't know 
> which point is the starting point?
> 
> Stefan
> 
> 
> Thomas Wood schrieb:
>> Hi,
>> This is a quite common question, since no specific polygon type exists
>> currently in the OSM database, we use a relation to describe polygons
>> with holes.
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations/Multipolygon
>> This wiki page gives a nice walkthrough on how to create holey polygons
>> for each of the editors.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 12:45 +0100, Russ Phillips wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to map Southsea Castle [1], but I'm not sure how best to 
>>> do it,
>>> because it consists of an outer keep/wall with an inner courtyard. 
>>> (think
>>> of a ring doughnut)
>>>
>>> How should I mark it up so that it is rendered as a building with a 
>>> hollow
>>> core?
>>>
>>> Russ
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.778145&lon=-1.088634&zoom=18&layers=B00FT 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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