Thanks, I will now go away and look into using a different tool set to get the data into QGIS.
On 20 July 2015 at 15:51, Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. > > So looking at this: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1693549 > > The riverbank multipolygon is closed otherwise this would not render. It > is a relation made up of 5 ways. > > Are you sure you are loading all the data? > > There are also limits on how many nodes you can have in a way, that's why > larger lakes rivers etc are made up of numerous ways in a multipolygon > relation. > > I'd suggest rather than changing the osm data you modify the data in QGIS > and then generate the map. > > Cheers > Ross > > > > > > On 20/07/15 13:52, Phillip and Kerrie wrote: > > yes I would just be closing the river bank ways. > > And yes I am tagging for the renderer. I am making maps for my employer, > in QGIS and mapinfo, and wanted to use the OMS data imported as lines and > polygons as part of my background. > > For this to work with the QGIS importer the river banks need to be > closed so as to become polygons. > > Phillip Shelton > > On 20 July 2015 at 13:40, Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Guess it depends on how you go about this. >> >> I'm guessing that you intend to create waterway=riverbank[1] >> multipolygons for the rivers and leave the waterway=river[2] in place >> marking the centerline of the river. >> >> If so should not be a problem. >> >> Be careful that you are not tagging for the renderer though. As this: >> >> "Having the wide rivers as closed objects means that waterways import as >> polygons and that makes making good looking maps easier." >> >> sounds very much like manipulating the data to create the output you >> want. >> >> Cheers >> Ross >> >> >> [1]http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driverbank >> [2]http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:waterway%3Driver >> >> >> On 20/07/15 13:17, Phillip and Kerrie wrote: >> >> HI, >> >> I recently downloaded the openstreetmap data for parts of South East >> Queensland. When I imported this data into GIS, I found that the waterways >> were not always closed objects. Having the wide rivers as closed objects >> means that waterways import as polygons and that makes making good looking >> maps easier. >> >> Would I be stepping on anyone's toes if I closed the waterway ways on >> the wider rivers in SEQ? >> >> Phillip Shelton >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing >> [email protected]https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing > [email protected]https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >
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