[OSM-dev] Another mapnik style sheet question

[John Smith]

--- On Tue, 4/8/09, Mike N. <niceman at att.net> wrote:

> I agree - perhaps the intent was a
> succinct way to describe the symbol 
> rather than to be used for rendering.

Even so, storing the same thing, or worst, several versions of similar things will end up a complete mess and won't even be useful for rendering or anything else.

If this information has to be stored in map data, still a bad idea, this information would be best in state or country boundary relations etc.