[Tagging] type=bounday
Colin Smale
colin.smale at xs4all.nl
Mon Mar 28 20:19:43 UTC 2022
> On 03/28/2022 9:31 PM Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> wrote:
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> Vào lúc 10:04 2022-03-25, David Marchal via Tagging đã viết:
> > Multipolygons were considered but boundary was preferred because such
> > areas are often subject to a separate set of laws, akin to a protected
> > area, but less strict, so it was more akin to a boundaried area than to
> > a simple multipolygon.
> >
> > That being said, as you said, this changes almost nothing for mapping.
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> Boundary relations can indicate the capital (admin_centre) or cultural
> center (label) of an administrative area.
Since when has the "label" indicated the cultural centre? AFAIK it's a hint for the renderer, useful when the geometry of the area is such that classic placement algorithms such as centroid would pick a bad place.
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