Previously on the newbies list ...<br><br>>> My question is ... Does JOSM not bother to actually correctly render<br>
>> items with respect to layer? I have yet to upload the changes to the<br>
>> data to see if Mapnik or Osmarender renders them correctly, but I<br>
>> will. (I was more concerned with what JOSM was showing me.) If JOSM<br>
>> DOES take the layer tag into consideration, then any ideas on what is<br>
>> happening here?<br>
<br>> Thomas Wood said:<br>
> I don't think that JOSM takes layering into account, osmarender and<br>> mapnik should render it as you've described it.<br><br>OK, so the bridges in question have rendered correctly in Osmarender, so I will take Thomas' supposition about JOSM and make it my own. (Though I think correct rendering in JOSM would make adding bridges and layer tags more obvious to edit-ers (editors?) )<br>
<<a href="http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4746/okbridgespr5.jpg">http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4746/okbridgespr5.jpg</a>><br><br>However I have encountered something else rather odd.<br><<a href="http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8899/notokbridgesqh7.jpg">http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8899/notokbridgesqh7.jpg</a>><br>
<br>I edited the highways to include the bridges after putting in the surface road. However, at the time I did not bother to include a layer tag seeing as there is only the one layer, the bridge, above layer 0 (surface layer). Note how the highways are above the surface road, but the "bridge" designator still renders below the surface road. Rather odd if you ask me, and something I think the renderer should be able to handle without a layer tag. Is this a one-off, or are layer tags essential now? For every road, river, and way?<br>
<br>I have since added the layer tags via Potlatch to hopefully make things render correctly. Note: Mapnik has yet to show the changes in this area.<br><br>Just thought I would add a little closure to the subject. While opening up another can of worms.<br>
<br>Thanks for the comments.<br><br>Robert<br>
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