[Potlatch-dev] [OpenStreetMap] #3869: Polygon name (label) placement is too random

[OpenStreetMap]

#3869: Polygon name (label) placement is too random
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 Reporter:  Pepou      |       Owner:  potlatch-dev@…                
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                           
 Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:                                
Component:  potlatch2  |     Version:  2.0                           
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 I've been long struggling with
 [http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/118596170 this (118596170)
 polygon]'s label - I was not being able to find it displayed on map, until
 I've noticed it being incorrectly placed a few hundred meters to the side.
 (The object is a simple 6-point polygon approx. 6 meter long - a tourism
 attraction.)

 Create a 2x2 meter large 4 point polygon, tag and name it appropriately
 (e.g. {{{amenity=school}}}, {{{name="School placed on our street"}}}). The
 label will be most probably not 'visible' (zoom out might be necessary to
 locate it). Move around the corner points by ± few pixels - the label will
 erratically jump around in up to multiple hundred meter steps.

 I understand that if a label is much larger than its objects, it is
 impossible to place it inside. But why not over the object or tightly near
 it???

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/3869>
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