[OSM-newbies] POIs as single points or areas?

[Richard Welty]

On 10/3/11 7:11 PM, Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:
> What´s the best way to enter (for example) a campsite on the map?
>
> 1. Insert a single point (e.g. with drag´n´drop from Potlatch2) or
> 2. Mark the area of the campsite using Bing as reference and set the
> area´s type to campsite?
>
> I am looking at http://osm.org/go/MeOXrGAa and the top campsite is
> denoted in both ways.
>
> Seems to me #2 is the best/cleanest way of updating the map, but...
> will then my old GPS be able to find the POI when I search for
> campsites?
>
mkgmap (the garmin map generator) does fine with POIs as areas.

richard