[OSM-newbies] no render one thing

[Jonathan Bennett]

On 27/11/2010 06:35, Steve Bennett wrote:
> Not sure why Jonathan got in a flap over it.
Mostly because it's not geodata, and it doesn't belong in the main 
database, but also because accidents like this one do happen. A large 
object like an outline can have adverse effects on a renderer or editor, 
which is one of the reasons the coastline isn't rendered at the same 
time as the rest of the data.

There are also other annoyances like if you download a small area that 
the outline crosses in JOSM, do some editing then press "1" to zoom back 
to all the data you downloaded, it now zooms to a massive area instead 
of the small one you're interested in.

Also, no-one has ever explained what use these outlines are. If you want 
to see if some set of imagery covers an area you're editing, you can 
just look at the imagery. What does having the outline achieve?

So given that it does some harm, and appears to have no benefit, that's 
why I'm against outlines appearing in the main DB. By all means save 
them as .osm files and save them on the wiki or in SVN, but not in the DB.

Jonathan.