[OSM-talk] coastline within a park

[Chris Hill]

John F. Eldredge wrote:
> On a related issue, since a way that forms a closed loop is interpreted as the boundary of an area rather than as a way, how does one map a road or trail that forms a closed loop?
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It depends on the context.  A closed loop tagged with a highway tag is 
just a closed highway. Roundabouts are often simple closed loops, but 
render as a ring not an area. There are exceptions of course (it 
wouldn't be OSM without them :-)) If you want to draw a piazza draw the 
closed outline with highway=pedestrian which would normally render as a 
closed loop, but if you add area=yes the whole space is rendered as a 
filled piazza.

Cheers, Chris