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Hey guys, I downloaded an oms file and read the data into my java project, but I found <way> without tags, but with references. What does that mean? Thank you for your help

Example:

<way id="238291291" ...=""> ... <nd ref="2461385332"/> <nd ref="2461385329"/> </way>

asked 26 Apr '20, 13:57

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I don't know what the "nd ref" is about. But if you look at the way at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/238291291 you will see that it is part of a relation https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4743472 which defines an area of scrub vegetation.

In that case the way itself need not have any tags.

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answered 26 Apr '20, 14:11

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The "nd ref" is just how the ids of the nodes that make up the way are listed in an OSM XML file. 2461385332 and 2461385329 are the last two nodes in that way.

(26 Apr '20, 14:38) Tordanik

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