Re: [talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-19 Thread Craig Feuerherdt
i much prefer the single object option ie move attributes to the polygon if it is mapped. Just want to make sure that if/when these mass imports are updated (ie caltex service stations etc) that any scripts will check both point and polygon features. Cheers, Craig On 19 June 2010 10:09, John Smi

Re: [talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-18 Thread John Smith
On 19 June 2010 10:03, Roy Wallace wrote: > Within the GPS software - yes. Within the OSM database - no. That's what I actually meant, within pre-processing software, not in the OSM DB... ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.

Re: [talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-18 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Smith wrote: > On 19 June 2010 07:12, Roy Wallace wrote: >>> With my GPS hat on I'd say attribute the polygon as amenity=fuel but leave >>> the point and all its attributes so it shows up on the GPS as a POI. >> >> IMHO that's mapping for the GPS, i.e. bad. >

Re: [talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-18 Thread John Smith
On 19 June 2010 07:12, Roy Wallace wrote: >> With my GPS hat on I'd say attribute the polygon as amenity=fuel but leave >> the point and all its attributes so it shows up on the GPS as a POI. > > IMHO that's mapping for the GPS, i.e. bad. If a point is needed, the same thing could be achieved by

Re: [talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-18 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Craig Feuerherdt wrote: > > Thinking from an OSM perspective I'd say move all the attributes from the > point to the polygon and delete the point. That's what I do. > With my GPS hat on I'd say attribute the polygon as amenity=fuel but leave > the point and all i

Re: [talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-18 Thread David Murn
Wiki sort of suggests your GPS hat is correct, leave the node as it is, map the building and concourse, then map with building=yes or surface=paved and highway=service. Also, do you have highway=service ways leading from the road to the concourse driveways? You can also tag the building entrance

[talk-au] Attributing points and/or areas

2010-06-18 Thread Craig Feuerherdt
I am starting to map landuse areas across Bendigo. I am wondering what to do when (for instance) a petrol station has been mapped as a point with all the attributes attached. I have now mapped the polygon representing the actual area of the petrol station. Which attribute(s) should go on which feat