[OSM-talk] Tagging hierarchies

[Alex Mauer]

Robin Paulson wrote:
> the point i'm trying to get across, is that all water features, be
> they linear (rivers, canals, stream) or areas (lakes, reservoirs) or
> whatever would benefit from being under _one_ top-level tag, for
> consistency.

Hmm, are you sure?  Is it easy for a renderer to differentiate a linear
feature from an area without a distinct tag?  I don't think it could be.

-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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