[mkgmap-dev] Question to --add-pois-to-areas

Sun Mar 28 19:29:11 BST 2010

2010/3/28 Daniela Duerbeck <daniela.duerbeck at gmx.de>:
> Hi Carlos!
>> I've seen we have amenity=zoo in the default points style, but in the
>> wiki zoos are said to be tagged as tourism=zoo. Probably we should add
>> the latter to default style.
>>
> It was already inside the points file.
> Should then also buildings get an area=yes (e.g. here "my"
> Aldi-Supermarket:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.090925&lon=11.507215&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF)
> or do we need an additional --add-poi-to-buildings beside add-poi-to-areas?

No, area=yes is not needed, because as opposed to a node, when a way
gets tagged with "building=*", it's clear that it's meant to be an
area.
You only need area=yes for ways that normally aren't areas, such as
highway=residential.

-Martin