[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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