[OSM-talk] Creating a multipolygon encompassing Black Sea

[Yves]

Given the work needed to create a  megarelation, deleting it may well be perceived as vandalism, the relation being genuine or not.
This is why the OP is certainly well-advised to discuss this beforehand.
Regards,
Yves

Le 20 juin 2021 15:33:53 GMT+02:00, Mateusz Konieczny via talk <talk at openstreetmap.org> a écrit :
>"good faith edits done in way that I dislike it" is not a vandalism
>
>Neither creation of such megarelation nor its conversion to a node would be
>a vandalism if done with a goal of improving OpenStreetMap.
>
>Jun 20, 2021, 12:37 by andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk:
>
>> 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
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>>
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>> 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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