[Talk-GB] Windermere and Rydal Water - missing

[Roger Calvert]

Dave F,

> Please read the link on multipolygons:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multipolygon
>
Thanks for this link - there is always something to learn!

> By making your edits you now incorrectly made Rydal Water a part of 
> the River Rothay multi-polygon.
>
Oops - I should have picked that up. I will correct it.
> The natural=water tag is included in the multi-polygon. Adding it to 
> the way is an unnecessary & confusing duplication. To avoid this 
> confusion I often put a note tag explaining where the data is stored.
>
Good idea.
> Remember that just because you think the potlach editor is displaying 
> data incorrectly it doesn't actually mean the the data is wrong. In 
> this example the lake doesn't have to be shaded blue to be correct. 
> It's how the renderers handle it that matters.
It's a pity if the default on-line editor renders 'incorrect' tagging in 
a more intuitive way than 'correct' tagging. This is not very helpful to 
the less experienced mapper (such as me).

Thanks again for your advice.

Roger
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