On 07/10/2014, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In this case this is correct: non-closed ways shouldn't be tagged >> area=*, because "no" is implicit for non-closed ways and "yes" would >> by definition turn the object into an "area" rather than a "way". > > it is not correct for the reason I have written above: closed ways that > should be interpreted as a linear feature and not as an area do need > area=no
Sorry, you're right. I got confused because that tag's value acutally defines the category of the object. Wiki fixed :) Also marked onRelation=no, my gut feeling being that all uses of area=* on relations are bogus. Will check. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk