[OSM-newbies] amenity

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Roland OSM wrote:
>Sent: 22 July 2008 1:19 PM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-newbies] amenity
>
>I saw that there are many POIs (like amenity=bank) which
>are visible in edit mode but
>do not show up in view mode.
>
>I guessed, there does not exist an icon for amenity=bank.
>
>Then I checked page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:amenity
>where for example the value "cafe
><http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Tag:amenity%3Dcafe> " has an icon.
>But when I click on
>the detail page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Tag:amenity%3Dcafe
>it says "No Image Yet".
>
>Should we see the icon in the map?
>
>Where can I check whether a special value will (or should) be shown up
>in the map?
>
>As I understand the wiki is just like documentation and might be
>outdated.
>
>There are also many other amenities which are not displayed:
>pharmacy, restaurant, theatre, nightclub, fast_food, ...
>
>How can this be fixed?
>

The fact that many items are not rendered is not a bug. There is only room
on the default map render for some of the POI icons and other features. OSM
is not about displaying every feature on its own mapping. OSM is a
repository for open and free geographical data. Its up to others and other
projects to produce nice renderings using OSM data.

So in short, don't expect to see lots of new icons appearing on the mapnik
or Osmarender layers at www.openstreetmap.org any time soon.

Cheers

Andy