Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Peter Budny <pet...@gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> [ ... ]
>
>> I forgot to mention control cities
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_city).
>> These are cities that are designated for use on highway signs to
>> indicate which direction you're heading. These should definitely appear
>> on the map, even if they're relatively small cities (e.g. Valdosta,
>> Georgia).
>
> Control cities for highway destination signs are only important on
> maps for which control cities on highway
> destination signs are important. Tagging Valdosta as control_city=yes
> might make sense, but tagging it as prominent=yes does not. Just as
> tagging Athens, GA as 80s_band_origin_city=yes might make sense, but
> tagging it as prominent=yes does not. Even if you are making a Cities
> of the 80s Bands Map.
>
> So don't promote Valdosta based on one aspect of the nature of
> Valdosta. Tell OSM about the nature of Valdosta then render it based
> on the aspects that are important for your audience. Not everybody
> cares about my band map. Or your highway control cities.
Totally fair. I should have written "being a control city should be
included as one criterion (of many) to determine whether to label a city
and how big its label should be." I would definitely support
control_city=yes (or maybe control_city={1-5}, for a bit more
granularity).
--
Peter Budny \
Georgia Tech \
CS PhD student \
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