2011/1/29 John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com>: >>> On 30 January 2011 03:34, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> even though this creates some problems: if you tag a polygon with >>>> natural=beach, surface=sand, doesn't this imply a the polygon is sand? >>>> The "beach" could often include also bars, restaurants, parking space, >>>> paths and other. surface on a polygon should IMHO imply that this >>>> polygon has this surface. In this optic the landcover-values is more >>>> generalizing while surface shouldn't. >>> >>> I'm still failing to see the relevance here, after all wouldn't those >>> other locations have their own POI or polygon? >> >> >> yes, they would result in overlapping polygons with different surface >> values. You could not tell which one is valid. > > That makes no sense, assuming good faith, why would someone > intentionally upload an invalid polygon? (other than by accident)
broken by design... There won't be an "invalid polygon", there would be 2 valid but contradicting polygons. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
