[Tagging] landuse=residential and named residential areas which belong together (neighbourhoods/subdivisions?)

[Dave F.]

On 30/08/2011 10:05, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
> On 8/30/2011 4:13 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>> On 08/29/2011 04:59 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>> IMHO this is exactly driving us into a multipolygon mess, hard to edit
>>> and timeconsuming to use, with unneeded complexity.
>> What would you think about a stacked approach?
> [snip]
>
> Mapnik essentially uses a stacked approach, sorted by polygon area... 

This thread is about mapping entities, not how one renderer deals with 
images. Please don't confuse the two.

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Personally I don't understand what's so confusing about muti-polygon 
relations.

Cheers
Dave F.