[OSM-newbies] How to map a square surrounded by streets

Robert Funnell robert.funnell at mcgill.ca
Tue Sep 9 10:25:04 BST 2008


On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Wallner Andreas wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Today I wanted to add an area http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=47.41001779754698&mlon=15.269535817282746&zoom=16
>
> The Area should be located in that rectangle formed by the streets named Koloman-Wallisch-Platz.
>
> What's the right way to do this, use the existing streets and create a relation (If yes, how?), or shall I add new paths?
>
> Regards,
> Andreas

I think that this may be the same issue as discussed recently in this 
thread: 
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/newbies/2008-September/001844.html

There are multiple ways of handling it and multiple opinions about 
which way is best :-)

- Robert





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