[OSM-talk] multipolygon (lake) not rendering

[Anthony]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
>> Do advanced multipolygons have to have an inner?
>
> No.

Great.

> Personally, I am hoping that we will (re)introduce a proper area data type
> some day because even though the multipolygons were a good idea at the time,
> they do seem a bit clumsy now.

What would be the advantage of an area data type?  Would this be a
separate table or just a type of relation?