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

[Erik Lundin]

All established relations 
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Relations#Established_uses_of_Relations) 
seem to use k='type' v='something' to indicate what kind of relation it 
is. Later somebody may want to add a relation that describes eg. a group 
of lakes. I'd suggest we follow that template and include <tag k='type' 
v='group' />.

What's the difference between way and area in this context? Wouldn't 
area be a more natural way to describe an island?

/Erik

Hendrik T Voelker skrev:
> 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
>