> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Torsten Leistikow<de_m...@gmx.de> wrote: >> WanMil schrieb am 02.03.2010 18:48: >>> The patch supports the complete multipolygon specification. And >>> additionally it is tolerant towards incorrect (but reasonable) >>> multipolygons. >>> So why should mkgmap be restrictive if it doesn't need to? >> >> Since there is not really a specification for the OSM tagging, mkgmap should >> not >> check the data for correctness but try to support as much taggings as >> possible. >> So for example in a style file you must also check for typical typing errors, >> e.g. "centre" vs "center". > > I've listened to that argument for a while and I'm tired of it. > Complete anarchy when tagging make writing software to use OSM data > incredibly difficult. At some point people are going to have to grow > up and come to an agreement on tagging standards and then stick to it. >
Ok, so revert the description of the patch: * The patch detects polygons with role=outer that is inside another polygon with role=outer and issues a warning for that. The inner in inner case is a well known error :-) WanMil _______________________________________________ mkgmap-dev mailing list mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev
