Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday, December 17, 2012, Clay Smalley wrote: (Of course, some of these lines run through tunnels where they are tagged layer=-1, and on bridges where they are tagged layer=1 correctly. The layer tag on these bits of track would remain untouched.) Though this layer tag is unnecessary if

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/12/17 Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org: On Monday, December 17, 2012, Clay Smalley wrote: (Of course, some of these lines run through tunnels where they are tagged layer=-1, and on bridges where they are tagged layer=1 correctly. The layer tag on these bits of track would remain

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Johnson
Well, I say this because I've yet to come across any renderer that doesn't automatically assume layer=-1 for tunnel or layer=1 for bridge when it's omitted. On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/12/17 Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org: On

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Clay Smalley
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Clay Smalley claysmal...@gmail.comwrote: I noticed the majority of the trackage of the San Francisco Muni lines are tagged as layer=1, while the streets along which they run have no layer tag (an implied layer=0). If the Muni lines are layer=1, it is my

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1? and general tagging levels considerations

2012-12-17 Thread A.Pirard.Papou
On 2012-12-17 07:50, Clay Smalley wrote : I noticed the majority of the trackage of the San Francisco Muni lines are tagged as layer=1, while the streets along which they run have no layer tag (an implied layer=0). If the Muni lines are layer=1, it is my

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Ben Laenen
On Monday 17 December 2012 18:13:37 Clay Smalley wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Clay Smalley claysmal...@gmail.comwrote: I noticed the majority of the trackage of the San Francisco Muni lines are tagged as layer=1, while the streets along which they run have no layer tag (an

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Chris Hill
On 17/12/12 06:50, Clay Smalley wrote: I noticed the majority of the trackage of the San Francisco Muni lines are tagged as layer=1, while the streets along which they run have no layer tag (an implied layer=0). If the Muni lines are layer=1, it is my understanding that the Muni lines should

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1? and general tagging levels considerations

2012-12-17 Thread Clay Smalley
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:40 AM, A.Pirard.Papou a.pirard.pa...@gmail.comwrote: A level is an altitude. A layer is a drawing opacity. Although OSM does not tag for the renderer, it uses the tag *layer=**. It defines *layer*as the relative position (is that altitude?). In fact, the only

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Clay Smalley
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: The layer tag is only a hint to renderers. If you remove the tag the road way may render over the rail way and hide it. Yes, that's been my understanding. It's also been my understanding that we have a separate renderer for

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Paul Johnson
Though in this case, the rail way should be on the track centerline, which probably doesn't overlap the road centerline. On Dec 17, 2012 12:25 PM, Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net wrote: On 17/12/12 06:50, Clay Smalley wrote: I noticed the majority of the trackage of the San Francisco Muni lines

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1?

2012-12-17 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/12/17 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net: The layer tag is only a hint to renderers. If you remove the tag the road way may render over the rail way and hide it. no it is not (only, IMHO), it is an attribute to get some depth into a 2D-model (our database). It is a tag that indicates which

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1? and general tagging levels considerations

2012-12-17 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/12/17 A.Pirard.Papou a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com A level is an altitude. A layer is a drawing opacity. Although OSM does not tag for the renderer, it uses the tag *layer=**. It defines * layer* as the relative position (is that altitude?) no, it is not altitude (height over ground), it

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1? and general tagging levels considerations

2012-12-17 Thread A.Pirard.Papou
On 2012-12-17 22:16, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote : 2012/12/17 A.Pirard.Papou a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com mailto:a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com A level is an altitude. A layer is a drawing opacity. Although OSM does not tag for the renderer, it uses the tag *layer=**. It defines *layer* as

Re: [Tagging] SF Muni tram lines are layer=1? and general tagging levels considerations

2012-12-17 Thread Georg Feddern
Am 18.12.2012 07:31, schrieb A.Pirard.Papou: On 2012-12-17 22:16, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote : 2012/12/17 A.Pirard.Papou a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com mailto:a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com We badly need precision. . In fact, the only effect of assigning a layer is that upper layer objects hide