[OSM-talk] Creating a multipolygon encompassing Black Sea

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 6/19/21 17:51, mappinglander wrote:
> I actually thought about creating a multipolygon for Black Sea, for 
> helping to data consumers and therefore visualizing more easily by 
> creating a multipolygon for Black Sea, which is currently tagged as a 
> node at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7015642404 
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7015642404>

Don't do it. I generally replace such giant sea polygons with nodes when 
I find them. They make editing unnecessarily difficult for anyone 
editing along the coast - any split in the coastline creates a new 
version of a giant, several-thousand-member polygon.

The OSM carto style currently has a shortcoming in that large water 
polygons get a nice large label whereas points describing a large water 
body don't. This should be sorted out in rendering, and should not lead 
people to create giant multipolygons.

Bye
Frederik

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