Hi,
Have noticed here in the UK an increasing tendency to tag polygons rather than
points with the POI tags e.g. amenity=pub, railway=station.
This is good for many uses, however in some use cases (e.g. my own, I have a
need to populate a database with POIs as point features) it can cause
Hi -
Definitely you should _not_ tag both the polygon and a node. That
creates two objects, and many systems will then think there are two
pubs!
This is articulated in this principle:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/One_feature,_one_OSM_element
If you have a need for POIs as point features,
The osmconvert has the ability to turn all the areas and ways to single nodes:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmconvert
Shaun
On 26 Jan 2014, at 10:15, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi -
Definitely you should _not_ tag both the polygon and a node. That
creates two objects, and
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To: Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk
From: Dan S
Sent by: danstow...@gmail.com
Date: 26/01/2014 10:14AM
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?
Hi -
Definitely you should _not_ tag both the polygon and a node. That
creates two objects, and many systems will then think
seeing as I've always tagged POIs as point features, though, it's not been
something I've had to deal with until now when I've noticed a few point
features converted to areas.
Sorry, mapped POIs as point features I meant.
Anyway, I guess the best way to do it is via the scripting capabilities
The osmconvert has the ability to turn all the areas and ways to single nodes:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmconvert
Shaun
OK thanks. Funny when you've been working with OSM for a long time you actually
get out of the loop because you keep doing things the old ways you've always
done
Nick Whitelegg wrote:
seeing as I've always tagged POIs as point features, though, it's not been
something I've had to deal with until now when I've noticed a few point features
converted to areas.
Sorry, mapped POIs as point features I meant.
Anyway, I guess the best way to do it is via the
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