Hi, Am 18/04/2019 um 18.52 schrieb Christoph Hormann: > On Thursday 18 April 2019, Kevin Kenny wrote: >> Please avoid the term "label painting." What you call "label >> painting" is the entirely reasonable desire to have recognized, named >> objects appear on the map with their names. > > I distinguish between names and labels. Labels are graphical > representations of names or other strings in map renderings. The OSM > database should not contain labels, it should contain names. > > This: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9359806 > > is not a named representation of a verifiable element of the geography, > it is a labeling geometry. Creating such is not mapping, it is label > drawing or label painting. It is neither meant nor suited to do > anything other than performing a relatively simple label placement. > > Note by speaking of "label painting" i do not intend to assign one sided > blame to mappers for doing so. In most cases this is as much the fault > of map designers encouraging this as it is of mappers to respond to > this incentive.
+1 Best regards Michael -- Per E-Mail kommuniziere ich bevorzugt GPG-verschlüsselt. (Mailinglisten ausgenommen) I prefer GPG encryption of emails. (does not apply on mailing lists)
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