[Tagging] How to put a name tag on an area with more than one type?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

Sorry, ignore me as it looks like the question had already been answered.

When I opened the message, your original question was the only thing there,
but when I answered, all the other earlier replies appeared?

No idea what's going on there? Guess gmail must be having a bad morning!

Thanks

Graeme


On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 08:44, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Does each bog & marsh have it's own name, or are just different surfaces
> inside one big named wetland?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
> PS & please don't get frustrated & give up on trying to make progress!
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 02:11, Anders Torger <anders at torger.se> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was on this list a while back expressing some frustration over
>> limitations when tagging nature and thought about getting involved in a
>> process for change, but I came to realize that it's not feasible for me
>> in my current life situation, so I've decided to continue be a normal
>> mapper as before, doing what I can do with features that exist today.
>>
>> Anyway, if to be a mapper at all, I still like to solve some of my
>> naming issues in the best/least bad ways possible today. I'm currently
>> mapping a national park in Sweden, Muddus. It's in Laponia and consists
>> of mighty wetlands and old forest. These wetlands are named, like is
>> common in Sweden and Sami lands. For us navigating in wildlife, names in
>> nature are important.
>>
>> A wetland polygon can be named in OSM, so the situation is better than
>> for example for named slopes (also common). However, a wetland here can
>> consist of both bog and marsh (and it's important to make the
>> difference, since one is easy to walk on, the other not so much). That's
>> two different natural types and thus can't be in the same multipolygon
>> (as outers).
>>
>>
>>
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