2014-12-05 10:50 GMT+01:00 Markus Lindholm <markus.lindh...@gmail.com>:
> In OSM we have this principle of one feature - one element > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element > > this is not a clear rule, e.g. I wouldn't consider it wrong to have an area tagged as amenity=bank, atm=yes and have another object amenity=atm for the (same) atm. The atm=yes is an attribute that says: this bank also has an atm (it's a property of the bank). And the amenity=atm says: this is the atm. > In my world a gas station and a convenience store are two distinct > features, so they should indeed exist as two elements also in the osm > database. > not clear. In my world the convenience store is part of the gas station. ;-) > Also an address should be considered a feature in its own > right so it should also be a distinct element. > an address can be seen as a feature on its own, but it can also be an attribute of another feature. cheers, Martin
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