Post #708074

2026-03-21 19:06 UTC

I hope there is a special place in hell for #OpenStreetMap mappers that split up border ways (as in administrative borders) to reuse short pieces in landuse multipolygons. For those not in the know: this saves nothing and makes boundaries very very slow to update.

Replies (5)

@wouterkobes@mastodon.social 2026-03-21 19:25

@simon or just revert their changesets accompanied with a friendly comment that they should not do this anymore? 🙃

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@lenny@piaille.fr 2026-03-21 19:35

@simon lets simply delete multipolygon please

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@jamesderrick@mastodon.social 2026-03-21 19:41

@simon If I had a penny for every time I've unpicked a needlessly complicated multi-polygon relation with tens of chopped-up shared way segments, and replaced then with two simple ways, I could buy us both a beer! 🍻 😢 Map for maintenance, #SimpleIsBetter , don't try to be too clever in #OpenStreetMap (Oh, and learn about the #JOSM balloon tool - much easier for landcover, even when construction lines are needed to constrain it.)

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@jimkats@infosec.exchange 2026-03-21 19:45

@simon but the mapper really wants to attach the landuse with the way, they don't like them being away and lonely 🙃

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@KoosPol@mastodon.nl 2026-03-22 04:55

@simon Just to remove all doubt: what needs to be the alterative?

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