On Wednesday 02 Dec 2009 2:35:11 pm PlaneMad wrote: > > a particular kind of cuisine. (if they do not know what it is, they will > > not > > go there). > > -- > > kenneth, im of the view that the labels should reflect the signs on the > ground, or the name that is used by the people on the street. this way > someone using the map can ask for directions to the place clearly, > otherwise just asking someone where muniyandi is might get him directed to > somebody's house :)
he would ask for Muniyandi restaurant ;-) > > having the full name avoids any ambiguity, especially since icons might be > interpreted by different people differently. sure - but if the full name is there, it will not render. Better to have some name than no name. But that is upto the mapper - he has to compromise between clarity and appearance. Mapnik has this 'allow_overlap' feature, if set to 'no', then it will not display anything that overlaps. I have set this to 'yes' on our server, because we have extra zoom levels, but it would look messy at 16-18. To know how messy, look at osmarender. btw, I solved the logic problem for displaying non-metered autos. The line is: <Filter>([amenity]='taxi' and [vehicle]='autorick') and not ([autorick] = 'prepaid' or [autorick] = 'meter')</Filter> so now the stand in Central shows prepaid while that in Chromepet shows un- metered. btw, when are the yellow icons with colour neutral indicators coming? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Senior Project Officer NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ _______________________________________________ Talk-in mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
