On 14/01/2008, Alex Mauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin Paulson wrote: > > the point i'm trying to get across, is that all water features, be > > they linear (rivers, canals, stream) or areas (lakes, reservoirs) or > > whatever would benefit from being under _one_ top-level tag, for > > consistency. > > Hmm, are you sure? Is it easy for a renderer to differentiate a linear > feature from an area without a distinct tag? I don't think it could be.
yes, of course - in exactly the same way as you can differentiate a square, triangle or circle drawn on paper, from a line areas must form complete loops, otherwise they are treated as ways by the renderer _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

