On 18 Dec 2008, at 10:52, Steve Chilton wrote:
Equally roads don’t usually run over buildings – which could be case
if reversed. Basically auto-rendering of these two can not be
correct for all cases/zooms.
Needs intelligence to say “nudge that building away from the road in
this instance” – later?
Surely this is just a great example demonstrating that catography is
harder than it seems at first sight. The problem is that the roads are
not draw to their real width and therefore the building must be nudged
or shrunk so as not to collide with the super-wide roads as rendered.
What we should not do is move the building outlines on the ground to
make the rendering work, as far as I am concerned it is a rendering
problem even if it is a hard one.
Regards,
Peter
Cheers
STEVE
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] On Behalf Of Nathan Mixter
Sent: 17 December 2008 05:50
To: openstreetmap
Subject: [OSM-talk] buildings and roads
Just wondering. Shouldn't buildings be rendered behind roads.
Currently buildings are drawn above a road when the road is wide
like a highway or major road. Obviously buildings don't cut into
roads. If the road layer is on top this won't happen.
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