On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Pieren <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Elena of Valhalla > <[email protected]> wrote: >> ok, not that likely, but I wouldn't use a tag with a different meaning >> when we can just add another specific one; > > Is that really so different ? It is a renderer issue. Mapnik decides > to not draw one of the names in case of collision. But another > renderer could make it differently, drawing a name above the other, or > using smaller font, etc... > Of course, layer has not to be used in a general context but only in > something like this: > if (A.place "is not equal to" B.place) > select A or B > else > if (A.admin_level "is not equal to" B.admin_level > select A or B > else > //A.admin_level = B.admin_level > select highest A or B layer
The layer tag is for features which are physically vertically separated. If you have two cities, one of which is physically built above the other, then the layer tag would be appropriate to show which one is on top. Other than that, it's simply incorrect. Thanks, Andy _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
