[talk-au] Basic question

Sam Wilson sam at samwilson.id.au
Fri Oct 8 00:52:45 UTC 2021


Yes, good point. And equally, it'd be unlikely for natural=wood and 
natural=scrub to overlap.

On 8/10/21 8:36 am, Adam Horan wrote:
> That's probably a good rule of thumb, although with the addition of 
> same type and 'level'.
>
> Admin boundaries overlap and nest all the time, but you wouldn't 
> normally expect two of the same type and level to overlap.
> LGA within State within Country etc
>
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 11:31, Sam Wilson <sam at samwilson.id.au 
> <mailto:sam at samwilson.id.au>> wrote:
>
>     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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