[Tagging] aeroway=runway - wiki fiddling

[Dave F]

Something similar in concept to a river could be developed. A linear way 
for the the routing etc (waterway), and an area to indicate the outline 
of the runway/taxiways (riverbank).


I always map them as closed polygons because:

  * It's more accurate
  * Runways aren't necessarily rectangular, Some have bulbous turning
    circles to come back down the runway, rather than a one way taxi
    network.
  * Even grass strips for microlights render very wide in Carto when
    zoomed out.

Please don't let whoever changed the wiki to read 'runaway = Runway of 
an airfield' ever compile a dictionary

DaveF.

On 09/03/2018 18:27, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2018 03:49, "Austin Zhu" <austinzhu666 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:austinzhu666 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Well, maybe there is someone who thinks mapping runway as area is
>     wrong? I think that both way and area are OK, because the way
>     element matches the way we map taxiways. So it is useful when
>     others need to guide their plane using osm data(maybe in flight
>     simulator softwares). Mapping as area can show the width of the
>     runway and thus is more realistic. The best method should be using
>     both elements. Just like highway objects. Obviously, the wikipage
>     needs some edit or restoration.
>
>
> Map the runways and taxiways as linear (who knows, someone might want 
> to have a routable model for flight simulators or similar games), and 
> map the negative space (grass infields, etc) as areas?
>
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