On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Ed Loach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 1. >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Tag:natural%3Dglacier#Comments > > While I notice the above is marked for post-vote cleanup, I checked whether > it was in Map Features or not. It is, though there it shows as applying to > areas or nodes (for peaks permanently under ice) but not ways, whereas the > above page shows the tag as applying to ways and areas (but not nodes). I > guess the sensible thing is to assume it can apply to any of the three (and > update Map Features accordingly), although it looks like the patch only > renders the "way/area" glaciers? Will the node versions just not render, or > will they render based on some different style definitions?
My patch only applies to ways and areas and will not render a node marked as natural=glacier, rendering nodes with that tagging is outside the scope of this patch. Generally though such a node should be rendered similarly to place=locality, i.e. when within an eponymous area the user might choose the placement of the name as it is rendered on the map by making a node within the area, as you can do with amenity=parking now. Glaciers themselves are always areas when properly marked however, the example you cite of a peak permanently under ice wouldn't necessarily be a glacier. A glacier is a slow-moving river of ice or a massive ice sheet from which these ice rivers flow (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier#Types_of_glaciers) and is as such always a formation that covers a significant area. So I don't see glacier nodes being used for anything other than rendering aesthetics. _______________________________________________ Tilesathome mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tilesathome
