[OSM-talk] Tagging hierarchies

[Karl Newman]

On Jan 13, 2008 4:07 PM, Alex L. Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:

> Karl Newman wrote:
> > On Jan 13, 2008 2:13 PM, Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net
> > <mailto: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?
> Because in my experience, that always puts the name of the thing in the
> middle of the area.  E.g. a turning circle at the end of a dead-end
> road, defined as an area, will put the name of the road in the middle of
> it.
>
> -Alex Mauer "hawke"
>

Let's not confuse rendering issues with data issues. The point was that the
single high-level water tag could be used to designate water. Adding
area=yes will indicate that it is an area (lake, etc.), not just a line.

Karl
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