At zoom level 4, placenames for major cities appear, but no country names at any level. Perhaps, there should be one for levels 4-6.
I do remember that we added a node tagged as country and name Philippines. Do I need to add an is_in tag for every island (7100 + high tide or low tide)? maning On 4/9/08, Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lester Caine wrote: > > > I repeat - WHERE are you getting that information by zooming out. > > Nothing says that this group of islands is the Philippines > > They're just right and down a bit from Hong Kong, which is where the > Philippines are generally to be found. > > The easy way to distinguish them from, say, Anglesey is that Anglesey > is just off the coast of Wales and its capital is Llangefni, not > Manila. HTH. > > > > On a more serious note, I agree that it would be quite cool to have > country names displayed on the smallest scale maps, but the best way > to achieve this is by actually suggesting it rather than complaining > that the world has let you down "once again", replete with capital > letters and an unhappy smiley. (Actually, that's the third best way. > The second best way is to log a trac ticket. The best way of all is to > post a patch. ;) ) > > cheers > Richard > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| | __.-._ |"Ohhh. Great warrior. Wars not make one great." -Yoda | | '-._"7' |"Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden| | /'.-c |Linux registered user #402901, http://counter.li.org/ | | | /T |http://esambale.wikispaces.com| | _)_/LI |---------|----------------------------------------------------------| _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
