[OSM-talk] Mapping everything as areas

[Roy Wallace]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> But for people who want to do it [map areas], they should be able to. That's what
>> this thread is about - giving them a way to map the world more
>> accurately, if that's what they're into.
>
> Right now, what's stopping them?

Documentation. Or, in other words, at least some suggestions as to how
to do it. For example, you'll notice that Map Features states that
highway's are ways, not areas.