[Tagging] R: Landmarks and viewpoints

2016-06-17 Thread Amacri
and viewpoints On Friday 17 June 2016, Amacri wrote: > Many trekkers and bikers consider that the current Mapnik style > provides an unsightly rendering of mountain areas and I am with them. > Among the many aspects that would need improvement, there is a need > that notable

[Tagging] Landmarks and viewpoints

2016-06-17 Thread Amacri
Many trekkers and bikers consider that the current Mapnik style provides an unsightly rendering of mountain areas and I am with them. Among the many aspects that would need improvement, there is a need that notable places which are effective references in a mountainous area could not only be shown

[Tagging] R: Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) orenabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-09 Thread Amacri
> On a general note - when things are mapped as nodes this is frequently > done with the implicit notion that this is a location with a certain > tolerance margin. You might think of mapping something with a linear way > as a method to specify an anisotropic tolerance, well localized in one >

[Tagging] Request for new tag "natural=upland" (as way) or enabling "way" for "place" tags

2016-06-09 Thread Amacri
Hi, Tag place=isolated_dwelling, which should be used to name an almost unpopulated place (often in the mountains), can be currently defined as node (point) or polygon (area), but not as a way (line). Same consideration for place=hamlet or place=locality: using way is not allowed for them.