[OSM-talk] Large river proposal open for voting was rendering of large rivers

[Chris Hill]

The names 'inner' and 'outer' are part of the multipolygon relation which can be used for any area within another area.  Maybe 'island' is a useful alias for the inner polygon.

 cheers, Chris


----- Original Message ----
> From: Ari Torhamo <ari.torhamo at gmail.com>
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Sent: Thursday, 8 May, 2008 5:05:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Large river proposal open for voting was rendering of large rivers
> 
> to, 2008-05-08 kello 13:23 +0100, David Groom kirjoitti:
> > There has not been any recent discussion of the proposal for large rivers, 
> > so I have asked for voting on the proposal as outlined at 
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Large_rivers
> > 
> > David
> 
> How about using the word "island" for islands, instead of "inner". It
> would be easier for non-techie people to understand and remember, and it
> probably would be the same for the system (?). Perhaps there would be no
> need for the "outer" at all, because "waterway=riverbank" implies this
> already. Newbie-thoughts...
> 
> Ari Torhamo
> 
> P.S. Didn't want comment the proposal directly, because my suggestion
> may be complitely unusable.
> 
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