[OSM-talk] id Editor auto-converts split polygons into MP relation

Bryce Cogswell bryceco at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 27 03:56:46 UTC 2020


I agree it’s a little counterintuitive for experienced users but I understand the rationale: If you’re splitting a building (closed way) how is the result valid unless it’s converted to a multipolygon?

> On Oct 26, 2020, at 6:09 PM, Dave F via talk <talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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> Hi
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> I don't use iD editor much, but I've just discovered it auto-converts closed polygons which are split (Shortcut Key = X) into MP relations.
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> I'm struggling to comprehend a logical reason for this. Is there one? If there's been a previous discussion which I've missed please post a link.
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> There's a couple of threads on iD's github issues, bhousel closed them with "wontfix - I Saw A Thing I Didn't Like (but is valid in OSM).
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> It may be valid, but is it desirable or helpful? I split closed ways, in P2, for various reasons without wanting them to be converted. How many newbies would even know what a MP relation is?
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> Having them as as split tagged ways is just as "valid". More so, considering splitting long ways is desirable.
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> DaveF
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