Changes between Version 54 and Version 55 of Help/Concepts/Object


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2016-05-01T21:12:55+02:00 (9 years ago)
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openstreetmap.org-user-d1g
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(also a OSM data primitive) - not sure how to cover this better

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  • Help/Concepts/Object

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    99== Nodes, ways, and relations == #NodesWaysRelations
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    11 === Tags ===
     11=== Tags (also a OSM data primitive) === #Tags
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    1313Tags provide meaning to the objects. Without them, any other object would be useless and meaningless. Each of ''three other data primitives'' '''can have multiple tags'''.
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    2121We will cover tags in more detail below, but first will cover all other data primitives.
    2222
    23 === Nodes ===
     23=== Nodes (also a OSM data primitive) === #Nodes
    2424[[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png,20,bottom,margin-right=15,nolink)]] A **node** is an individual point with a defined position. ''With respective tags'' it can be used to indicate shops, benches, individual trees or points of drinking water.
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    26 === Ways ===
     26=== Ways (also a OSM data primitive) === #Ways
    2727[[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png,20,middle,margin-right=15,margin-bottom=5,nolink)]] A **way** is a sequence of nodes. OSM **way** used to represent linear objects, ''with respective tags'' it can used to describe: a river bank, tree row, kerbs in the streets (among other uses).
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    3232Sometimes single area is not enough to represent an object (for example, a lake with an island in it), then you have to use a [wiki:Help/Concepts/Object#typemultipolygon multi-polygon]
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    34 === Relations ===
     34=== Relations (also a OSM data primitive) === #Relations
    3535
    3636==== In most cases you don't need them ====