The german article still has the recommendation of adding area=yes. One of the biggest problems in the wiki is the fact, that very often articles in different languages are not really translations, but different articles.
As the tag railway=platform is applicable to areas as well, according to articles in all languages, and therefore area=yes shouldn't be necessary on closed ways, I will update this note in the german article in accordance with the updated english article. Martin 2012/4/25 Pieren <pier...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's not highway only. For example, it can be used on railway=platform: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/94063273 >> or man_made=pier: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/71124853 > > Thanks for pointing that out. I see that silently, the meaning of the > tag area has been modified by certain people on the wiki. I modified > the wiki about "platform": > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dplatform > > We cannot accept that the tag "area=yes" is required for all polygons. > This has never been the case. It was introduced only when the main tag > about a closed loop was non-deterministic (tracing a centre line or a > perimeter). We don't do that for car parks, buildings, etc. I don't > see why we should create an exception for railway platforms. > > Pieren > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
