[Tagging] Duplication of POI-data

[Paul Johnson]

This sounds like a job for a relation type=site


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Tobias Johansson <tj at mensa.se> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have an issue that may already have been discussed but I can't
> remember that I have ever seen it. That is the duplication of poi-data
> for certain features. There are two features I'm aware of that often
> are duplicated. One is the aeroway=aerodrome and the other is
> leisure=golf_course . In both of these cases the centerpoint of a
> polygon-poi could be considerd "incorrect" for the placement of a
> renderd label, therefore It's seems rather common to add a node with
> same (not always the same name..) tags on the main terminal building
> or the clubhouse for the respective poi's. I also konw that I read a
> long time ago somewhere on the wiki that this was not only common but
> correct for aerodromes (could not find it now..)?
> I find this practice wrong because it's unneccesary duplication of
> data. If you want to render a map with labels that way why not render
> the name from the aeroway=aerodrome where the one of the
> aeroway=terminal is? Maybee we could use a building=clubhouse tag for
> golfcourses (and other places with clubhouses aswell ofcourse ;) )?
>
> Best Regards Tobias
>
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