On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:46 PM, James Ewen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the proper way to define two adjacent areas?
>
> To make this simple, let's say I have 2 squares that share a common
> side. Do I define two areas with 4 sides, defining 2 ways between the
> two common points, one way being the perimeter of square 1 and the
> second way being the perimeter of square 2?
>
> Or do I define a single way between the two common nodes, and then
> somehow define the area of square 1 as being the three unique ways,
> and the common way, and similar for area 2?

Or a third option, which is to define the two squares reeeaaally close
together but using 8 nodes in total. Or a fourth option which...

But this is a great a matter of great debate, which is not best
rehashed on the newbies list. If you're interested in some fairly
recent discussion from the talk list, see
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-May/thread.html#26305

And do whatever you feel comfortable with!

Cheers,
Andy

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