[OSM-newbies] Adjacent areas

[Dave F.]

On 18/08/2011 12:14, Donald Campbell II wrote:
> I'm wondering what the proper way to create an adjacent area is.  For 
> example here 
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=6.805586&lon=-58.161404&zoom=18&layers=M> 
> there's a prison that takes up a full city block.  Does one draw a 
> square using the same 4 existing nodes from the intersections around 
> it?  Or should one zoom in and put 4 new nodes close to the existing ones?
>
> I do most of my editing in JOSM but can also use Potlatch when the 
> need arises.

It's best in this instance to create the way using new nodes. In the 
editors think of the highways way as an infinitesimally narrow centre 
line to represent the road.  Only in the various rendering are they 
given any representative width.

The prison perimeter doesn't reach the middle of the road (half the 
width/sidewalk/grass verge etc).  If it did use the existing nodes & you 
wanted to tag the entrance gate, that gate would appear to be blocking 
the road.

As you probably realize, prisons, disappointingly, don't render as an 
area in the main renders.

Also, the created_by tag is deprecated for ways. I think it's stored in 
the changset data.

Cheers
Dave F.
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