OpenStreetMap
Hello,
I'm currently busy tagging the area around Monte Baldo/Veneto/Italy with landuse= and natural= tags.
I have tagged a large area with natural=wood (which is imho correct, as the woods around that area are mostly unkept).
I have then tagged OVER the natural=wood area with landuse=residential to tag villages and other places where people live.
Question: Is this correct?
It seems like "landuse=" and "natural=" co-exist on top of each other. i.e. the residential area is also tagged as wood (which shouldn't be).
Is there a simple way to exclude some areas within a larger one?
Is there a layering concept e.g. like in Powerpoint or in Photoshop where you can flag items being on top of other items covering and hiding them completely?
If not, it might be better to tag the forest as landuse=forest so the two area types don't get into each other's way.
Thanks for any info.
Regards
Chris
Discussion
Comment from wilpin on 26 September 2009 at 17:45
Which part of the world are you referring to?
Comment from cantece on 26 September 2009 at 17:54
try with:
layer=1 for residenrial
and
layer=-1 for forest
Comment from PatDi on 26 September 2009 at 18:19
you should declare Multipolygon-Areas (in JOSM it is supportet as a relation.
Comment from chillly on 26 September 2009 at 21:37
cantece: that's not what layers are for in OSM. They help roads, railways, rivers etc. that cross be shown correctly.
xxlbiker: To show an area within another you need to use the multipolygon relation. It lets you create holes in areas, to insert another one. natural=wood or landuse=forest won't make much difference for this problem.
Comment from iTNOistA on 26 September 2009 at 21:37
I don't think a layering solution is a good idea. In general an area cannot be a residential area and wood/forest at the same time. You can create "holes" (donut-style) in the wood/forest using multi-polygon areas as suggested by PatDi. You can do this with Potlach or JOSM.
Comment from xxlbiker on 27 September 2009 at 06:16
Hello,
thanks to everybody for helping me.Multipolygon-Relations are the way to go. with potlatch it's quite easy to do.
regards