Nov 6, 2020, 23:10 by dieterdre...@gmail.com:

> Am Fr., 6. Nov. 2020 um 21:04 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <> 
> tagging@openstreetmap.org> >:
>
>>> ** Support for group naming is limited. It's here very common that several 
>>> smaller islands are named as a group, smaller ponds are named as a group 
>>> etc, without having individual names. There are tags for that 
>>> (group/cluster), but not rendered. 
>>>
>> Mostly because multipolygons are strictly superior.
>>
>
>
> for groups, the group relation is clearly superior. First of all, it implies 
> group semantics and is defined. For a multipolygon, it may not be clear what 
> it is about, unless you invent tags for "a group of lakes", a group of ponds, 
> a group of trees, a group of island. 
>
The same if true for group. There is no semantic difference in creating 
group/cluster/site relation
and tagging with name and creating multipolygon and tagging it with name.

If you want to distinguish "group of islands" from "group of lakes" in both 
cases you need
additional tag or special processing.

> But still, it only works for areas, you cannot use multipolygons for groups 
> of nodes or groups of lines, or mixes of these.
>

Yeah, multipolygons are superior for for cases like mentioned - set of areas.

If you want group of nodes/ways then sadly it stops being a great solution.
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