Re: [Tagging] Tagging "natural" borders

2010-08-27 Thread Erik G. Burrows
>>> To pick a random example: >>> http://osm.org/go/uG2Mh6iR >> >> Oops, sorry for spam, but nearby I spotted a convenient example of the >> alternative approach: one way that serves as both administrative >> boundary and river. > > Which was one of his points, what if the river isn't the boundary

Re: [Tagging] Tagging "natural" borders

2010-08-23 Thread Erik G. Burrows
line > micro-mapping; I don't think micro-mapping is practical in a lot of cases > right now. > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Erik G. Burrows > wrote: > >> >> I have several cases where a border polygon (national park, >> wilderness, >> >> etc.)

Re: [Tagging] Tagging "natural" borders

2010-08-10 Thread Erik G. Burrows
>> What is the preferred way to handle this dual-purpose way? > > In some forms of rendering the boundary is rendered instead of the stream > and > the water feature disappears on the map. > The preferred Australian solution is to not reuse the same boundary but to > duplicate it. This allows all r

Re: [Tagging] Tagging "natural" borders

2010-08-10 Thread Erik G. Burrows
>> I have several cases where a border polygon (national park, wilderness, >> etc.) is defined based on a natural feature, such as a >> stream/crestline/etc. >> >> What is the preferred way to handle this dual-purpose way? >> >> Splitting the border way, creating a relation of the border pieces, an

[Tagging] Tagging "natural" borders

2010-08-10 Thread Erik G. Burrows
I have several cases where a border polygon (national park, wilderness, etc.) is defined based on a natural feature, such as a stream/crestline/etc. What is the preferred way to handle this dual-purpose way? Splitting the border way, creating a relation of the border pieces, and adding the natur