[Tagging] Runway area mapping?

[Andrew Harvey]

On Tue, 21 May 2019 at 11:36, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've seen a number of runways mapped only as areas.
>
> This seems like a bad idea, since it loses the information of the
> runway centerline and length. Adding a width tag to a linear way
> should be enough to clearly define most runways.
>
> The current wiki page suggests using "aeroway:area=runway" to map the
> outline of the runway, and mapping the "aeroway=runway" as a line
> along the center of the runway.


> Does everyone agree that aeroway:area is the right way to map runway
> areas, if this is considered necessary?
>
> And do we agree that runways should be mapped as linear ways, like
> highways and railways, not only as an area?
>

I agree, they should be always mapped as linear ways, then optionally
mapped as aeroway:area=runway if people want to include the whole area.

It's much easier and reliable to determine, length, bearing, centerline
when mapped as a line
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