[Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

2014-01-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg
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

Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

2014-01-26 Thread Dan S
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,

Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

2014-01-26 Thread Shaun McDonald
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

Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

2014-01-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg
: - 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

Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

2014-01-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg
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

Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

2014-01-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg
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

Re: [Talk-GB] POI features: node vs way?

2014-01-26 Thread Lester Caine
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