[talk-au] Basic question

[Adam Horan]

Yep,
although you do see lots of natural=wood and natural=water overlapping. I
usually see this as a temporary hack until someone wants to put in the
effort of creating a relation with a hole in it and moving the tags there.

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 11:52, Sam Wilson <sam at samwilson.id.au> wrote:

> 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> 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> 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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