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

Brian M. Sperlongano zelonewolf at gmail.com
Tue Dec 15 17:09:48 UTC 2020


Wouldn't it be more consistent to keep it in the same key, and call it
place=lake_group?  Or even place=lakes?

Would this be used for something like the Great Lakes in USA/Canada or is
that too large of a feature?

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 12:05 PM stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> +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.
>
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