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

[stevea]

+1.  Joseph's suggestion is a fine example of "OSM can and does coin new tags on occasion."  Adding a nice boost, there is a suggestion that "similar" tagging be used as an example of how to define / use / document the new tag.  Great!

On Dec 15, 2020, at 6:56 AM, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Re: “ a couple of islets with a collective name”
> 
> We have a tag for that: place=archipelago for a group of islands. 
> 
> There isn’t a common tag for a group of lakes with one name, probably because this is only common in some countries, especially near the Arctic region. We’ve talked about this issue before but did not find an existing tag.
> 
> I would suggest a tag like natural=lake_group to be added to a multipolygon which includes each of the lakes, similar to how archipelagos are mapped.