[OSM-newbies] Ways and boundaries

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

El Jueves, 4 de Septiembre de 2008, Jonathan Harley escribió:
> Hi. When a boundary such as a parish or county boundary, follows
> a physical feature such as a road or river, should the shared
> section be a single way - with a set of tags to indicate both
> the boundary info and the way info? Or what?

Yes, it's OK for a single way to be both a river and a boundary at the same 
time. Add the tags for both features.

An alternative (but more complex way) is to do a relation for the 
river/road/whatever, and another relation for the boundary, where both 
relations share a way.


Cheers,
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