[talk-au] Basic question

[Sam Wilson]

My understanding is that areas should not overlap only where they are of 
a similar type. Areas of natural=wood and boundary=national_park aren't 
similar and so it's fine for them to overlap.

On 8/10/21 6:25 am, Adam Horan via Talk-au wrote:
> "Where something like the boundaries of a State Park and a forested 
> area are not the same."
>
> I'd say that this is common and expected, and should be handled with 
> separate areas.
>
> I feel it's very much the old style of mapping to put 'natural=wood' 
> on a park admin boundary.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 08:38, <forster at ozonline.com.au 
> <mailto:forster at ozonline.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>     If you were told this by changeset comment, can you give the URL?
>     Tony
>
>     > Hi everyone
>     > I am a basic OSM editor. I usually just correct obvious map
>     errors I find
>     > while hiking/cycling. I have tried to be a little more ambitious
>     every now
>     > and then, but I have found it can be quite difficult to keep
>     other editors
>     > happy with what I do.
>     >
>     > My question is: Can you have overlapping 'areas'? I was told by
>     someone in
>     > this group that you can't.
>     >
>     > For example; Where something like the boundaries of a State Park
>     and a
>     > forested area are not the same. This is the issue where I was
>     told that you
>     > can't do that.
>     > This makes no logical sense to me as this happens all the time.
>     >
>     > I would appreciate some guidance on this issue.
>     > Kind regards
>     > Andrew Parker
>     >
>
>
>
>
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