[mapserver-users] Shapefiles with islands

Thomas Bonfort thomas.bonfort at camptocamp.com
Mon Oct 19 07:29:16 EDT 2009


Hi,

last time I tested, osm2pgsql didn't treat relations for multipolygons
correctly if not run in "slim mode".

are you running your osm2pgsql with -s ?

regards,

thomas

www.camptocamp.com
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:43, Lars Westerlind <lars.westerlind at enera.se> wrote:
> Hi,
> I wonder if anyone renders islands in lakes? I use OpenStreetMap Data,
> where lakes are tagged as multipolygons, with islands as inner polygons.
> The source I use, mainly the "Mapserver recommended" cloudmade make
> simple extracts where those inner polygons are simply skipped, AFAIU.
> Looks rather funny for islands that are large enough to keep some
> roads...
>
> So, what is recommended? Should I make my own OpenStreetMap extracts for
> this purpose? Or does anyone have any other good sources?
>
> BTW,
> Do I understand correctly that multipolygon files must be converted in
> order to be possible to handle by mapserver? I mean, inner polygons
> should have at least an extra column in the DBfile, telling it's level,
> or such?
>
> Regards,
> Lars
>
>
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