2015-01-28 9:13 GMT+01:00 François Lacombe <[email protected]>:
> Some small features can actually be summarized as nodes when drawing their > shape sounds irrelevant regarding the cluttering it introduces. > > I'm sorry that was trivial for me. > I won't draw a circle for a 5cm diameter pole and so on... > > > while for a pole (especially a quite small one) geometry does indeed not give you a great gain, it does provide additional information for other small shapes even if they are on the limit of what we can represent, e.g. a telephone booth, a bench, a street cabinet, etc., because the geometry gives you orientation information and also other positioning information relative to close by objects (e.g. adjacent or with a gap, in line or shifted) and allows for further details like the position of the door/entrance, etc. I admit this is hardcore micromapping and mostly I don't do it like this myself but use a node, just wanted to point out that there are situations where more detailed geometry does make sense also in the case of tiny objects. cheers, Martin
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