[Tagging] Mountain passes

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Mon Feb 14 13:22:37 GMT 2011


2011/2/14 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Ulf Lamping
> <ulf.lamping at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> That was the start of the discussion in 2007, but was changed due to the
>> changes (around the same time) of highway=tunnel / highway=bridge to
>> tunnel=yes / bridge=yes - so using the same logic for passes seemed like a
>> good idea then ...
>
> Ah, yes, good point. Although it's slightly complicated by a pass
> theoretically being a point rather than a stretch of road. And that
> presumably makes it hard to render - you'd need to work out which way
> the point is oriented.


IMHO you don't. Simply render "Simplonpass, 2005 m" at the given point
in a pleasant font. Done.

cheers,
Martin



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