Wouldn't it be more consistent to keep it in the same key, and call it place=lake_group? Or even place=lakes?
Would this be used for something like the Great Lakes in USA/Canada or is that too large of a feature? On Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 12:05 PM stevea <stevea...@softworkers.com> wrote: > +1. Joseph's suggestion is a fine example of "OSM can and does coin new > tags on occasion." Adding a nice boost, there is a suggestion that > "similar" tagging be used as an example of how to define / use / document > the new tag. Great! > > On Dec 15, 2020, at 6:56 AM, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Re: “ a couple of islets with a collective name” > > > > We have a tag for that: place=archipelago for a group of islands. > > > > There isn’t a common tag for a group of lakes with one name, probably > because this is only common in some countries, especially near the Arctic > region. We’ve talked about this issue before but did not find an existing > tag. > > > > I would suggest a tag like natural=lake_group to be added to a > multipolygon which includes each of the lakes, similar to how archipelagos > are mapped. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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