On Jan 13, 2008 10:39 PM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
This is not true. Osmarender does not require areas to be closed in order to render them. It automatically joins the last node to the first node if it has been asked to render an area. 80n > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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