Tag:natural=water

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Description: Used to mark body of standing water, such as a lake or pond. Google definition User discussion

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Contents 1 Summary 2 How to use 2.1 Direction 2.2 Islands 2.3 Related tags 3 Renderer usage

Summary

Used to tag an area of permanent water around the perimeter.

How to use

Draw a way along the perimeter of the lake, making sure the direction is correct.

Direction

Since all renderers (hopefully) ensure that you haven't made a polygon the size of the planet, it doesn't matter which way round the way goes.

Islands

To create islands in a lake, use a Relations/Multipolygon.

Related tags

natural=coastline is used for ocean coastlines, and perhaps the borders of very large lakes.

Key:waterway may list some useful related features.

Renderer usage

I don't know exactly how it works