[OSM-newbies] defining an area with potlatch

[Cartinus]

On Saturday 10 May 2008 17:15:16 ael wrote:
> I have many quite large enclosed parking areas in residential parts in
> my locality. And also industrial estates with large car parks and yards.
> There doesn't seem to be any existing tag to handle that although
> "square" is near. Instead I draw a closed way tagged as a service road.
>  Then I add the area tag.

A more common way to map these is to draw a closed way and tag it as 
amenity=parking. The renderers know that they have to treat this as an area 
even without the area=yes tag.

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m.v.g.,
Cartinus