[OSM-talk] Bounding boxes?

[Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)]

> My problem is that I cannot seem to define anything but segments, whereas I
> need to define an area of navigable water. Been googling hi and low, and
> I'm still unable to find out how to do it.

You need to define a way. If you want to define an area, you'll have to define 
a way with ordered and closed segments and then tag it with any of the tags 
which define an area. 
The tags can be found here:
	http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features

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Joerg