I agree it’s a little counterintuitive for experienced users but I understand the rationale: If you’re splitting a building (closed way) how is the result valid unless it’s converted to a multipolygon?
> On Oct 26, 2020, at 6:09 PM, Dave F via talk <talk@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > Hi > > I don't use iD editor much, but I've just discovered it auto-converts closed > polygons which are split (Shortcut Key = X) into MP relations. > > I'm struggling to comprehend a logical reason for this. Is there one? If > there's been a previous discussion which I've missed please post a link. > > There's a couple of threads on iD's github issues, bhousel closed them with > "wontfix - I Saw A Thing I Didn't Like (but is valid in OSM). > > It may be valid, but is it desirable or helpful? I split closed ways, in P2, > for various reasons without wanting them to be converted. How many newbies > would even know what a MP relation is? > > Having them as as split tagged ways is just as "valid". More so, considering > splitting long ways is desirable. > > DaveF > > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
