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 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, simply convert all > relevant ways/relations into nodes while populating your database. > It's very easy to calculate the centroid (average position) of nodes > in a way. > > Dan > > 2014-01-26 Nick Whitelegg <nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk>: >> >> 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 >> difficulty. >> >> What is the general recommendation in this case? Tag both the polygon >> (building) and one of its nodes as amenity=pub, etc? >> >> Thanks, >> Nick >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
