On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Donald Campbell II <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm wondering what the proper way to create an adjacent area is. For > example here there's a prison that takes up a full city block. Does one > draw a square using the same 4 existing nodes from the intersections around > it? Or should one zoom in and put 4 new nodes close to the existing ones? > I do most of my editing in JOSM but can also use Potlatch when the need > arises.
As you can see from the replies below, everyone is certain that their way is right and the only way. :) IMHO, both are ok. Both have advantages. Also IMHO some of the reasoning against reusing nodes is flawed: sharing a node doesn't mean the prison goes all the way to the middle of the road (any more than a way indicates a road has zero width). Life in OSM is complicated. Many alternative mapping methods and tagging schemes coexist. Beware of anyone who tells you that you must do it their way :) Best practice is to get in touch with your local mapping community and map the way they do. Steve _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
