[Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Pieren
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > It's not highway only. For example, it can be used on railway=platform: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/94063273 > or man_made=pier: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/71124853 Thanks for pointing that out. I see that sile

Re: [Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Martin Vonwald
The german article still has the recommendation of adding area=yes. One of the biggest problems in the wiki is the fact, that very often articles in different languages are not really translations, but different articles. As the tag railway=platform is applicable to areas as well, according to ar

[Tagging] OSMI layers in JOSM

2012-04-25 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi all! I'm trying to view the OSMI layers in JOSM. The all-knowing, all-seeing trash heap pointed me to this (german) article: http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=9315 There it is recommended to use the following link in JOSM: http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/view/routing/wxs?REQUEST=G

Re: [Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 4/25/2012 3:39 AM, Pieren wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: It's not highway only. For example, it can be used on railway=platform: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/94063273 or man_made=pier: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/71124853 Thanks for

Re: [Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Pieren
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > Because a railway platform is usually drawn as a single line (as is a pier). > Omitting area=yes gives a hole in the middle. Sounds "tagging for the renderer"... Pieren ___ Tagging mailing l

Re: [Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Komяpa
miau. OSM does not have "area" object, thus it needs something to mark object as polygon. There are some tags that insist that a line/relation is filled inside. These are area=yes and type=multipolygon. All the other tags may mean either line or a polygon depending on context. Sometimes context

Re: [Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 4/25/2012 4:53 AM, Pieren wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Because a railway platform is usually drawn as a single line (as is a pier). Omitting area=yes gives a hole in the middle. Sounds "tagging for the renderer"... Where did I mention a renderer? If y

Re: [Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Pieren
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Komяpa wrote: > OSM does not have "area" object, not yet (maybe in API0.7) > thus it needs something to mark > object as polygon. No. Most of the polygons do not require a tag "area" (amenity, building, landuse, leisure, landuse). > There are some tags that i

Re: [Tagging] Block names (vs street names) in Brasilia

2012-04-25 Thread Georg Feddern
Am 25.04.2012 08:58, schrieb Elena ``of Valhalla'': On 2012-04-24 at 21:46:35 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 4/24/2012 2:13 PM, Alex Barth wrote: Pieren - thanks for pointing out that "area=yes" is highway only. How could the documentation for it be clearer [1]? It's not highway only. For

Re: [Tagging] Block names (vs street names) in Brasilia

2012-04-25 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 25. April 2012 12:25 schrieb Georg Feddern : > as far as I know and always have considered, that is the meaning in _all_ > cases - because area was invented to differentiate between the linear and > area meaning of a tag, if it is ambiguous. > And it is documented - at least actually - for the u

Re: [Tagging] Block names (vs street names) in Brasilia

2012-04-25 Thread Georg Feddern
Am 25.04.2012 12:29, schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: -1, place=locality shouldn't be used here, because according to the wiki it is not to be used for settlements or parts of them Objection granted! I abandon this question, Your Honour! ;-) ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] area=yes on polygones (was Block names)

2012-04-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Apr 25, 2012 1:54 AM, "Pieren" wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > > > Because a railway platform is usually drawn as a single line (as is a pier). > > Omitting area=yes gives a hole in the middle. > > Sounds "tagging for the renderer"... If it's not incorre

Re: [Tagging] OSMI layers in JOSM

2012-04-25 Thread Sander Deryckere
To make it transparent, you can use one of the buttons under the JOSM layer pane. The pane, by default in the upper right corner, where you can move layers up and down etc. I don't have a clue about the resolution. Op 25 april 2012 10:28 schreef Martin Vonwald het volgende: > Hi all! > > I'm t