The names 'inner' and 'outer' are part of the multipolygon relation which can be used for any area within another area. Maybe 'island' is a useful alias for the inner polygon.
cheers, Chris ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ari Torhamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, 8 May, 2008 5:05:10 PM > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Large river proposal open for voting was rendering of > large rivers > > to, 2008-05-08 kello 13:23 +0100, David Groom kirjoitti: > > There has not been any recent discussion of the proposal for large rivers, > > so I have asked for voting on the proposal as outlined at > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Large_rivers > > > > David > > How about using the word "island" for islands, instead of "inner". It > would be easier for non-techie people to understand and remember, and it > probably would be the same for the system (?). Perhaps there would be no > need for the "outer" at all, because "waterway=riverbank" implies this > already. Newbie-thoughts... > > Ari Torhamo > > P.S. Didn't want comment the proposal directly, because my suggestion > may be complitely unusable. > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

