[OSM-talk] osm2pgsql multipolygon parsing

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

> Am 23/set/2013 um 11:03 schrieb Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>:
> 
> Check cities with tens of thousands buildings. You will have sometime
> the building tag on ways, sometimes on relations. Having the tag
> always on the surrounding way is more consistent and easier to catch
> for everybody, including newcomers.


it has a different meaning. tags on a closed way are for the whole area inside the way, tags on a mp relation are for the area of the outer minus the inner ways.

Where to put which tag depends on what you want to express.

cheers,
Martin