I've just updated the wiki page for the in-use tag "place=archipelago".
The main changes are: - Described an archipelago as a named chain, cluster or group of closely related islands - warning against creating giant multipolygons by mapping the whole Philippines as a single multipolygon relation - warning that "all the islands in this sea" is not a useful archipelago; eg Macaronesia (=Canary Islands, Azores, Cape Verde Islands...), "all the islands in the Aegean" - Added info about benefits of using multipolygon relations vs cluster relations (the later is not supported by most map users) - mentioned that some are mapped as nodes (although this is not preferred) The page already suggested that archipelagos should be mapped as a relation that includes all of the coastlines of the islands as members of the relation. I believe with 740 uses this tag is clearly "in use", but not "de facto". Any comments or suggestions for improvements? - Joseph (Also see Openstreetmap-Carto Issue #3394 about displaying the names of archipelagos https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/3394) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging