[OSM-talk] Tagging hierarchies

[Karl Newman]

On Jan 13, 2008 2:13 PM, Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:

> 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"
>

Why not just add an area=yes tag?

Karl
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