On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Marl <osm-m...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 27/04/12 20:11, Anthony wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de> wrote: >>> Anthony wrote: >>> If I were writing a renderer (actually, I am), I would assume that a >>> closed way does not represent an area unless it a) has an always-area >>> tag such as landuse or b) is tagged with area=yes. Your idea that >>> some tags should make a closed way into an area by default, unless >>> there's also a certain other tag (like area=no) present, is not >>> established mapping style as far as I can tell. Currently, tags are >>> either unambiguous, or the default assumption is "not an area". >> Well that's a mistake that should be fixed. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> > I think that it's not a mistake. > > The idea of having different defaults for area= would not only keep > programmers busy (they can do more beneficial things during the time > wasted for this), it also confuses mappers. I (as a mapper) don't want > to look up the default for every tag.
I think we should decide the better way to map first, and then let the programmers prioritize the fix. Since programmers are already checking for always-area, it doesn't seem like a difficult fix. Are patches welcome? _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
