On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote:
> John Smith wrote: > > 2010/1/8 Jochen Topf <[email protected]>: > > > >> I think "don't map for the renderer" is a nice idea, but has nothing to > do with > >> > > > > Don't map "incorrectly" for the renderer to have it show up a certain > way... > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer > Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned 'renderer'. Probably not since it's a feature which is missing from the API. To me, a straight line, irrelevant of length, should have no more than > two points. > By a straight line, do you mean a geodesic? Or a straight line when projected in the Mercator projection? I'd imagine for some applications we'd want the former (a straight road/rail), and for some we'd want the latter (the border of Wyoming). Which should be the official definition according to the specs?
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