[OSM-newbies] POI or Polygon?

[john whelan]

I've noticed a difference in rendering as well if you use poi or poly.  I've
moved to poly for the poi and poly for the building or area etc.

Cheerio John

On 18 April 2010 12:19, Xavier DOR <xavier.dor at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was playing around with OSM maps for my Garmin GPS.
> I have noticed that some polygons tagged as supermarket or fast_food were
> not rendered in my Garmin.
>
> Therefore, when I am looking for something -let's say a fast food like
> McDo-, it shows me the closest McDo entered as a POI in the OSM database,
> altough another McDo exists closer. But this last one being entered in the
> database as a polygon, it does not show in the Garmin device.
> Both McDo are tagged the same way, altough one is a POI and the other is a
> polygon.
>
> Should we therefore favour POI instead of Polygons to enter places like
> restaurant, supermarkets, shops, etc. ?
>
>
> Thank you for your help.
> Do not hesitate to redirect me if the topic has been previously discuss.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Xavier
>
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