[OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands.

Nic Roets nroets at gmail.com
Mon Sep 15 11:23:06 BST 2008


Isn't it the same problem as a number of suburbs being part of a
larger city ? Isn't that handled with is_in ?

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Erik Lundin <erik.lundin at aol.se> wrote:
> The solution you sugggests is very close to what I have been thinking
> of. In my opinion role could be empty. Maybe we should propose a new
> relation?
>
> /Erik
>
> Hendrik T Voelker skrev:
>> Guys,
>>
>> just a short question:
>>
>>   How do I describe a group of islands, like e.g. the Ertenholmen (consists of
>>   about 13 islands, islets, and archipelago in the Baltic Sea.
>>
>> I would expect to use the relation for that, but with what role and/or which
>> additional tags beside the most common like name and is_in:country?
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Hendrik
>>
>
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