[OSM-talk] Creating a multipolygon encompassing Black Sea

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

Words matter.  A tagging scheme that you don't like is not "vandalism".

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 6:43 AM Andrew Hain <andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:

> I assume that someone in your position would never stoop so low as to
> threaten to vandalise the map and that therefore that clearly isn’t what
> your message means.
>
> --
> Andrew
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>
> *Sent:* 19 June 2021 21:03
> *To:* talk at openstreetmap.org <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OSM-talk] Creating a multipolygon encompassing Black Sea
>
> 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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