[HOT] GNS name merging discussion thread

[Blake Girardot]

I am not sure how other people are doing this task, but for me, I really 
needed to be able to read the place names on the nodes, but the text was 
way too small.

You can create a custom style file that will improve their readability 
greatly, at least it did for me.

You create a text file and name it whatever you want with a .mapcss 
extension. Mine is:

blake.mapcss

then you put in this code:

node[place=town],
node[place=village],
node[place=hamlet],
node[place=isolated_dwelling],
node[place=neighbourhood],
node[place=suburb] {
     icon-image: "place/settlement/town.png";
     text: auto;
     font-size: 13;
     font-weight: bold;
     text-color: white;
     text-halo-color: black;
     text-halo-radius:1;
}


And save it somewhere, where doesn't really matter as long as you can 
find it.

Then View Menu->Map Paint Styles->Map Paint Preferences

Click the "+" button on the right hand side, name your style and use the 
find file dialog button to find your file.

Mine came in at the bottom of the list and that works fine. Just make 
sure it is checked.

There is also a Map Paint Styles panel you can display by clicking its 
button along the left hand side of the main JOSM window.

You can adjust the font-size of course by editing your custom file.

Hope that helps.