[OSM-newbies] School vs. Library

[Craig Wallace]

On 24/10/2009 07:42, Isaac Wingfield wrote:
> I just posted this to the Q&A area on the Forum, but I think this may
> be a better place; sorry for the duplication and that I didn't think
> of it sooner.
>
> If an area way is labeled "Amenity/School" the entire area has a
> characteristic color on the web map as rendered by either Mapnik or
> Osmarender. If an area way is labeled "Amenity/Library" it effectively
> vanishes from the map, although you can still see it in Edit mode.
>
> That seems odd.
>    
As Nick Allen says, amenity=school is intended for mapping the area of 
the grounds of the school. Whereas amenity=library is (usually) just 
used for mapping a single library building.
If you tag an area as amenity=library and building=yes, then it is 
rendered as a building outline with a library symbol (on both Mapnik and 
Osmarender).

Craig