[Tagging] Rendering change: buildings within highway areas

[Clifford Snow]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Matthijs Melissen <info at matthijsmelissen.nl
> wrote:

> Buildings will now be rendered behind highways areas, rather than on top
> of them. The new rendering might cause issues with areas with buildings in
> the middle. The correct way to tag such areas is as a multipolygon, with
> the buildings as inner elements. This is because the buildings are not part
> of the area itself - one cannot route people through the buildings.
>
> As a consequence of the rendering changes, buildings inside highway areas
> will no longer show up. To make the buildings show up again, please make
> sure that they are correctly tagged as multipolygons.
>

Can you help me understand what exactly should be tagged as a multipolygon?
I'm feeling rather dense this afternoon. Is there an example of how tunnels
under/through buildings should be mapped. We have a major highway going
under/through two buildings in Seattle. Numerous more when you add in
service roads.

Also, it would be nice to stop rendering addresses.


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