Hi I have made a test in the region nearby and got lots of ways with area=yes changed your rule a little bit ;-) ... & area=yes {echo '${highway}'} Most of this ways didn't have a virtual way between each node across the area, so they are possibly lost for routing and create lot of islands, when deleting highway=* I think this problem can't be solved with rules, only in the map data. Maybe creating virtual way (highway=virtual) in the area is a solution, then the area can be used without routing problems Bernd Am Sonntag, 13. September 2020, 18:18:40 CEST schrieb Mike Baggaley:
In my style I have the following:
(highway=motorway | highway=trunk | highway=primary | highway=secondary | highway=tertiary | highway=motorway_link | highway=trunk_link | highway=primary_link | highway=secondary_link | highway=tertiary_link | highway=residential | highway=unclassified | highway=track | highway=bridleway | highway=cycleway | highway=footway | highway=path) & area=yes {delete highway} # delete unwanted areas
I leave highway=service and highway=pedestrian as these are valid but the others are not.