[OSM-talk] area_with_holes as alternative to multipolygon relation

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> > What do we do with ways that get excessively long if we combine the
> > polygon border? (some really big forests and lakes come to mind)
 
> I don't know -- create a new relation type specifically for this? As
> far as I can tell, the fact that putting multiple border ways in a
> multipolygon relation may have worked is due to the implementation
> of multipolygons in the renderers. But this isn't what the relation
> is meant to do.

True, but since there can only be one circumference of a polygon,
could we not specify that if more than one "outer" ways exist in a
multipoly relation, these will be merged to make the circumference?

Bye
Frederik

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