[OSM-newbies] Canal Wharf?

[Dave F.]

ael wrote:
> Dave F. wrote:
>
>   
>> I maybe wrong, but isn't that just for descriptive purposes only? The 
>> wiki page makes no mention of it rendering.
>>     
>
> I am sure that someone will say "tag for meaning/description, not for 
> renderers". It is right, of course. But when renderers get odd, one 
> cannot always be pure :-)
>
> That said, I started using width on rivers when I mapped a footpath 
> along the bank of a river and the renderers showed it inside the river!
> The default rendering width seemed to assume a very major river. In this 
> case, width=n communicates essential information to the renderers.
>
> ael
Thanks to all who replied

The render did, eventually, show a width to the river using the width= 
tag, unfortunately only in Osmarender.

The area I created to signify the wharf (Waterway=canal) shades fully in 
blue with Mapnik, but with Osmarender only the outline is shown. A bit 
annoying.

Cheers
Dave F.