Oops, I meant to say "I know it doesn't make too much sense _at first_"
Cheers 2009/8/20 Arlindo Pereira <[email protected]> > Dave, > > when I was a newbie (and that's not too much time ago) I used to think like > that. But in OSM people have a saying: "Never tag for the renderer". > > So, don't worry if it doesn't gets rendered on Mapnik. I know it doesn't > make too much sense, but OSM is about the data, not about fancy png images. > The idea is that we should map something that could be useful to someone; if > the renderers don't understand, it's a matter of improving the renderers. > > [] > > 2009/8/20 Dave F. <[email protected]> > > Cartinus wrote: >> > Separate the different values with semi-colons like: >> > landuse=residential;retail >> > >> > Note that this is perfectly valid data, but it is currently not rendered >> by >> > any tool I know. >> > >> > >> > >> >> Thanks for the answer. >> Your second point leads me onto a query that baffles me. >> >> As a newbie, when I correctly map an element I want to see it rendered, >> not only as part of job satisfaction, but also to see if I'm doing >> correctly. >> How am I meant to do that if it doesn't appear? >> >> Am I correct in thinking Mapnik is the 'basic' (or first) render for >> OSM? If so, should a new feature only be adopted when it's able to be >> rendered in Mapnik? Such as also crossing=zebra & bridge=viaduct? Any >> others I should be aware of? >> >> It will, I believe, lead to fudging it so that it does appear, or worse, >> not not being added at all. >> Sorry If I sound like I'm biting the hand that feeds me. >> >> Cheers >> Dave F. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> newbies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies >> > > > > -- > Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. > > Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br > Consultor de Software Livre da Uniriotec Consultoria - uniriotec.com > > Acadêmico: [email protected] > Profissional: [email protected] > Geral: [email protected] > Tel.: +5521 92504072 > Jabber/Google Talk: [email protected] > Skype: nighto_sumomo > Chave pública: BD065DEC > -- Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br Consultor de Software Livre da Uniriotec Consultoria - uniriotec.com Acadêmico: [email protected] Profissional: [email protected] Geral: [email protected] Tel.: +5521 92504072 Jabber/Google Talk: [email protected] Skype: nighto_sumomo Chave pública: BD065DEC
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