[Tagging] Boundaries for suburbs

[Josh Doe]

I agree that the boundary relation is the "correct" way to do this.
>From the wiki, it appears that the 'label' role is accepted.

Is it just that Mapnik hasn't gotten around to rendering this yet, or
is there some other reason? I really should try and learn about
Mapnik...

Regards,
-Josh

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:36 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/2/25 Tyler Gunn <tyler at egunn.com>:
>> Example One:
>> - "place=suburb" node central to neighborhood:  http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/1168219909
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> is the approximative way to place a label and is rendered by mapnik
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>> - Boundary relation with the the "place" node marked as a label: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/1438874; included the place attributes on the boundary as well.  Not sure if required.
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> is IMHO the "correct" way to do it, but is not recognized by Mapnik.
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>> Zooming in once more reveals TWO labels for the area:
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> This is an result of Mapnik rendering the node as a label and
> rendering the name of _any_ area at high zoom levels. It doesn't
> recognize the boundary relation, but it renders all polygons and
> therefor _also_ the boundary relations.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
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