[OSM-talk] Question: How to describe groups of islands -> proposal draft

[Hendrik T Voelker]

Am 13.09.2008 um 19:17 Uhr schrieb Hendrik T Voelker:

> 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

It seems there is not yet any solution for this. So how about the following:

  <relation ...>

    <tag k='group' v='archipelago' />

    <tag k='name' v='A group of Islands' />
    <tag k='is_in' v='<country>' />
    
    <member type='node' ref='<id>' />
    <member type='way' ref='<id>' />
    ...
  </relation>

The immediately arising question is, is "group" enough, or would you also
think that an

  <tag k='type' v='group' />

is required? I personally thing that is unnecessary redundancy, but then, who
knows.  Maybe someone can point out why it is not.

For choosing 'archipelago' as value, maybe someone has a better alternative. I
am no native English speaker.

TIA

Hendrik
  
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