On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com > wrote:
> > 2013/6/14 Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> > >> The OSM node could even link to a wiki page where the neighborhood can be >> described in all its richness and complexity. > > > you could do this with wikipedia links. My usecase would be to enter an > address in a search field and get information about the neighbourhoods the > results are located in. Given the huge differences in shape and extension > of place areas I'd rather prefer an unprecise and to some extend subjective > polygon than a node that doesn't convey the necessary information to get an > idea where it is valid for (especially in a setting like osm, where you > always have missing information bits). > A point node plus a wikipedia link hits maybe 95% of the use cases, and is clean. I think polygons just mess things up. But if you insist :-) here's a way to ensure they don't overlap. Just distort the map a bit. Nobody will mind :-) [image: Inline image 1]
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