[OSM-talk] talk Digest, Vol 26, Issue 47

[matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk]

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 07:17:21PM +0100, Etienne wrote:
> In that situation you have two separate ways.

Well, it was one OSM way, but I guess osmarender treats it as two.

At the time I assumed it worked something like a vector graphics program, where
having two lines as part of the same path would have this effect.

> The winding rule applies to an object that is a single (discontinuous) way.
> So an island with a hole in the middle would show the underlying water
> through the hole.

That was the idea.

> A better way for this particular situation (where the lake is a separate
> object to the island) is to use the layer tag (that was introduced in
> Osmarender 3) to render the water of the lake on top of the island.

Yes, I do that now. This was before the layer tag existed.

Thanks,

-- 
Matthew