Thanks, done. I'll further explain on the wiki, and on the chart. It'll be available as a 'helper' (extra folder) for when people tag the lines and polygons.
Cheers, Sam On 7/14/09, Mepham, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > The names as a node were created for the purpose of placing text on a > visual map. If your data is only going to be used with renderers that > can automatically place names properly then there would be no reason to > keep them. If, however, renderers without that ability are to be used > it may be advisable to keep the "point names". > > > > As for why they are they are there - Cartographic text placement on a > printed map was always a difficult art. You had to get as much text as > possible to make the map complete but without overlapping or interfering > text and also without cluttering up the map. It required years of > experience as well as a set of rules / guidelines to use. The text > points were included in CanVec when it was created to ensure that the > existing topographic maps could be recreated from the digital data as > well as to provide the results of the significant amount of effort and > expertise that went into the placement to the consumers of the CanVec > data. > > > > My short recommendation - do not import them. Most modern map display > software can now render names well. > > > > > > Mike Mepham > > Federal/Provincial/Territorial Liaison > > GeoConnections Program > > Natural Resources Canada > > E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > Ottawa > > Regina > > Phone: > > (613) 992-8549 > > (306) 780-3634 > > Fax: > > (613) 947-2410 > > (306) 780-5191 > > Address: > > 06Ath Floor, Room. 646R > > 615 Booth Street > > Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0E9 > > 100 Central Park Place > > 2208 Scarth Street > > Regina, SK Canada S4P 2J6 > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Vekemans > Sent: July 14, 2009 09:11 > To: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap; Simon Wood; [email protected] > Subject: [Talk-ca] name tags for rivers and lakes > > > > Hi all, > As im going through the 'named features' types, im wondering if it's OK > to be keeping river names as a node, and have that 'AS WELL' as having > the river with its name. And having lakes as a node as well as an area. > > > .. or maybe not, but i'm looking for a logical explanation for it. :) > (When i work on the GeoBaseNHN2osm script, the names will be part of the > ways and areas.) > > Curious, > Sam > > Twitter: @Acrosscanada > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans > > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
