[OSM-talk] [OSM-newbies] layers in OSM?

[Peter Wendorff]

  On 05.09.2010 11:03, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> integrity. IMHO it is the strength of OSM in respect to GIS that we do
> not have layers. Layers do structure the data in a different way that
> tags do: tags allow to structure as you like in the processing of the
> data, while layers force you to divide the data while mapping.
+1
but it would be great to have a kind of "layered editing mode" in JOSM 
etc. - perhaps filter presets like Sam mentioned go into the right 
direction.