[OSM-talk] Mapping everything as areas

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Wed Nov 25 23:21:03 GMT 2009


Hi,

Anthony wrote:
> Wow.  I hope you're in the minority on that one, because now that I
> discovered multipolygon relations there's no way I'm going back to
> mapping the exact same line three times (e.g. to represent a park
> adjacent to a residential area separated by a fence).

That's certainly the way multipolygons are intended to be used - 
*especially* in situations where there cannot, by definition, be a no 
man's land between neighbouring polygons, e.g. when talking (most types 
of) boundaries.

Bye
Frederik

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