You would be right if <path> was in <defs> and it was generated only once. That's how it works for ways.
But areas are rendered differently. Areas are not shared and every type of area is enclosed in <g> with class specified. <g class="amenity-school"> <path id="area_24063746" d="..."/> <use xlink:href="#area_24063746" class="amenity-school"/> <path id="area_-16" d="..."/> <use xlink:href="#area_-16" class="amenity-school"/> <path id="area_-18" d="..."/> <use xlink:href="#area_-18" class="amenity-school"/> </g> So it can be even easier: <g class="amenity-school"> <path d="..."/> <path d="..."/> <path d="..."/> </g> orp/XSLT can be probably fixed to share <path> for areas but I think areas are rarely reused so it will make generated svg file actually bigger. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > >> Is there a reason why code generated for areas looks like this? > > Yes ;-) > >> <path id="area_24063746" d="..."/> >> <use xlink:href="#area_24063746" class="amenity-school"/> >> >> The <use> seems to be redundant, following code is doing the same thing: >> >> <path id="area_24063746" d="..." class="amenity-school"/> > > Some objects have multiple styles, for example: highways (with their cores > and casings). Using the mechanism above, you can define the geometry once > and then paint them many times with different styling. > > Of course this mechanism would not be required for your area example, but I > guess it is too complicated to make the distinction. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > _______________________________________________ Tilesathome mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tilesathome
