[Tilesathome] Islands at sea that are contained entirely in a tileget inverted

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D Tucny" <d at tucny.com>
To: "TilesAtHome" <tilesathome at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 6:34 PM
Subject: [Tilesathome] Islands at sea that are contained entirely in a 
tileget inverted


> Hi Folks,
>
> Not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but, it seems that if an 
> island/a
> group of islands is, surrounded entirely by coast, fits entirely in a 
> tile,
> and, there is no other coast line passing through the tile, the island
> becomes a lake and the sea becomes land...
>
> e.g.
>
> http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Tiles/tile/12/3440/1688.png
> http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Tiles/tile/12/3434/1687.png
> http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Tiles/tile/12/3434/1686.png
> http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Tiles/tile/12/3434/1685.png
> http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Tiles/tile/12/3432/1686.png
>
> d
>

are you sure the islands way are anti-clockwise, ie with sea to the right of 
the segments?

David