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Re:Extracting city blocks from OpenStreetMap data by p8donald on Thursday August 11, 2016 @01:06PM (#12269930)
Data taken from https://mapzen.com/data/metro-extracts/metro/rome_italy/

Generated file (cropped) https://gist.github.com/pdonald/dfeee5213c8c5379f7b421f9ad5f...

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Re:Extracting city blocks from OpenStreetMap data by marcodena on Thursday August 11, 2016 @03:27PM (#12270964)
here you have the problem. You see? They are not correctly detected http://imgur.com/iGLT5Ea
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Re:Extracting city blocks from OpenStreetMap data by p8donald on Thursday August 11, 2016 @04:36PM (#12271390)
Yes, to detect them I would also have to include pedestrian paths, service roads and other smaller roads. The solution is not perfect but good enough for the most part.
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