On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de> wrote: > Anthony wrote: >> If I were writing a renderer, I would assume that a >> closed way railway=platform represented an area unless it was tagged >> area=no. So that's an effect. > > If I were writing a renderer (actually, I am), I would assume that a > closed way does not represent an area unless it > a) has an always-area tag such as landuse > or > b) is tagged with area=yes. > > Your idea that some tags should make a closed way into an area by > default, unless there's also a certain other tag (like area=no) present, > is not established mapping style as far as I can tell. > > Currently, tags are either unambiguous, or the default assumption is > "not an area".
Well that's a mistake that should be fixed. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
