[OSM-newbies] Ways and boundaries

[Tancredi Tincani]

2008/9/4 Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>:
> 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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> Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>

Oh, I didn't know that - thanks for clearing that up! :)

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