[Tagging] Wiki page for natural=mountain_range

Joseph Eisenberg joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com
Mon Apr 29 05:18:05 UTC 2019


> It's not mapping the entire range as such, but would is_in work here?
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:is%20in?uselang=en-AU

> natural=mountain_range
> name=Main Range
> is_in=Great Dividing Range

Yes, that makes sense to me

On 4/29/19, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 08:09, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, make 2 separate ways.
>>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>> I think it’s reasonable to map a mountain range as a linear way when this
>> can follow a continuous series of ridge crests. But a mountain range that
>> is split in 2 by a valley should be considered 2 local features that
>> share
>> a name.
>>
>
> Yep, makes sense.
>
>
>> For this reason, large and complex mountains ranges, like the Rocky
>> Mountains, cannot be mapped as a single linear or area feature: they
>> consist of many smaller ranges which spread over a wide area, with vague
>> boundaries.
>>
>
> It's not mapping the entire range as such, but would is_in work here?
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:is%20in?uselang=en-AU
>
> natural=mountain_range
> name=Main Range
> is_in=Great Dividing Range
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>



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