> Let me first point out that these edits don't affect the definition of > the multipolygon relation per se. > No relation would become "invalid", so > this doesn't break anything. To be honnest, by what I read of the change, it wasn't so obvious. When reading : "Use multipolygons only if there is no other way to map something" "Don't split highways into shorter segments, to create an outer-ring for a multipolygon"
Does seams "order like" to me, maybe some sentences like : "Sometimes it is better to avoid spliting short segments for ease of editing" or "Both spliting or superposing ways is supported to build 2 touching areas represented by multipolygons, and you can choose the one you want that fits you better" whould have had my preference ;-) > It is about which of the alternative > mapping styles is preferable when either would work from a technical > point of view. I understand that, and I think there is no "one answer to all" because it depends on the editor used, on the real case, on the tags we want to add to ways (if any) > My opinion here is that multipolygon relations should not be used > unnecessarily. So if a closed way is possible (no holes, "small" area), > then it should be used instead of a multipolygon. I share that opinion on "small" area as well, although my "small" isn't probably your "small", but whatever, I think people should be let to decide with both solutions explained on the wiki at equal, not expressing it some ways one could think it means "can't" or "don't" I do personnaly use multipolygons every now and then, but not for isolated areas, because I don't need them in that case, but whenever there is a common border of say... more than ~30 nodes between two areas (a forest and a lake, forest clearing, lake and beach) I find if more convenient to re-use the border in a multipolygon that re-drawing two ways on top of each other. Still, I use both method, even the extra simple one without multipolygon at all, which is my prefered for "small" and isolated areas -- sly qui suis-je : http://sly.letuffe.org email perso : sylvain chez letuffe un point org _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
