Re: [Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-10 Thread me
On 10/06/16 at 10:46am, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Martin Koppenhoefer writes: > > (This is just a longer note about non-admin-boundary settlements and why > they are particularly tricky in a lot of New England, sort of separate > From the node/line/way discussion.) > > >>

Re: [Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-10 Thread Greg Troxel
Martin Koppenhoefer writes: (This is just a longer note about non-admin-boundary settlements and why they are particularly tricky in a lot of New England, sort of separate From the node/line/way discussion.) >> Il giorno 09 giu 2016, alle ore 18:50, Christoph Hormann

Re: [Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-10 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Il giorno 09 giu 2016, alle ore 18:50, Christoph Hormann > ha scritto: > > If you can verifiably map a settlement as a linear way you can also map > it as an area. Usually neither is the case so most populated places > are mapped as nodes. I

Re: [Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-10 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Il giorno 09 giu 2016, alle ore 18:41, Greg Troxel ha > scritto: > > Perhaps there should be some more explicit tagging to denote > uncertainty. But drawing a polygon around the buildings that are part > of the settlement, and including areas that if a

Re: [Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-09 Thread Warin
On 6/10/2016 12:56 AM, Amacri wrote: Hi, Tag place=isolated_dwelling, which should be used to name an almost unpopulated place (often in the mountains), can be currently defined as node (point) or polygon (area), but not as a way (line). Same consideration for place=hamlet or

Re: [Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-09 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Thursday 09 June 2016, Amacri wrote: > > Provided that marking such areas with polylines can lead to > inappropriate tagging as the boundaries are not well definable, they > do not deserve just a point, as they may represent an extended area, > that can be shaped through its text (often the

Re: [Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-09 Thread Greg Troxel
"Amacri" writes: > Tag place=isolated_dwelling, which should be used to name an almost > unpopulated place (often in the mountains), can be currently defined as node > (point) or polygon (area), but not as a way (line). Same consideration for > place=hamlet or place=locality:

[Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-09 Thread Amacri
Hi, Tag place=isolated_dwelling, which should be used to name an almost unpopulated place (often in the mountains), can be currently defined as node (point) or polygon (area), but not as a way (line). Same consideration for place=hamlet or place=locality: using way is not allowed for them.