[OSM-talk] The segments vs ways vs superways question again...

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On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:01:35AM -0000, David Earl wrote:
> If the structure is changed, would it make sense at the same time to
> explicitly represent areas rather than relying on tags to imply this
> (consider the difference between natural=water and junction=roundabout
> applied currently to a colection of ways): an area would be a collection of
> nodes where the last is defined to close with the first.
> 
> <area ...>
>   <tag k='natural' v='water' />
>   <tag k='name' v='Mill Pond' />
>   <noderef id='...' />
>   <noderef id='...' />
>   <noderef id='...' />
>   ...
> </area>

Not good enough : think about areas with holes in it. (Lake with islands
came up)

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