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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Di., 15. Dez. 2020 um 15:59 Uhr schrieb Joseph Eisenberg <
joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>:

> 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.
>


you could make a relation type=group, add a name and the lakes to it, and
would not need a new tag.

Cheers
Martin
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