[OSM-talk] area tags

[Paul Fox]

alex wrote:
 > Paul Fox wrote:
 > 
 > > is there a list anywhere of the "certain tags" which should be
 > > rendered as polygons rather than lines?  i'm sure many (most?)
 > > i could figure out, but if someone already has the list...
 > 
 > Anything on the Map Features page that has only an polygon icon in the 
 > 'Applies to' column should render as a polygon by default.

thanks for the pointer.  so there's really no "fill_me_in=yes" tag?  :-)

i now understand in principle, but to clarify, since i don't
think it's quite like you said above:  if the "Element" column
contains an area icon without a way icon, then this kind of way
should be filled.  (i.e., node icons should be ignored.)

since i really wanted a list, without having to enter data by
hand (i'm surprised such a list doesn't already exist), here's
the script i used if anyone's interested.  run it on a copy of the
"Map Features" wiki page source text -- not the html.

    grep IconArea | grep -v IconWay  | 
     sed 's/\(\[\[[^|]*\)|\(.*\]\].*\)/\1 or \2/' |
     sed 's/^|\([^|]*||[^|]*\)||.*/\1/' >areafeatures

it's not perfect, but it's close enough for me, for now.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 28.4 degrees)