[talk-au] "place" areas or nodes?

[Steve]

Hello Brent,

Thanks for the reply. 
To answer the question of what I hope to achieve, I suppose the answer
is that I'm thinking not so much about how the map looks, but what the
data can be used for later. Someone might create an application that
allows you to search for a street by name. If the user types in "High
St", then it may be helpful if the data allowed extra searching by town
(there must be scores of High Streets in Australia!). I suppose
something like this could also be achieved by working out which place
nodes are near which ways, but that would be pretty rough I reckon. If a
way is inside a place area, then there is no question.

However, if using nodes is how everyone is doing it, I will go along
with it too.

Thanks again for the quick reply Brent.

Steve.


On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 20:29 +1000, Brent Easton wrote:
> Hi Steve
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> On 15/08/2007 at 7:36 PM Steve  wrote:
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> >Hello all,
> >
> >What is the preferred method for labeling a city/town/suburb/village?
> 
> 
> Rural Towns, villages I have been labeling as a node place at the Post Office. I have been using node hamlets for 'localities'. I never use areas. I don't think there is a real need for using areas - what do you hope to achieve? 
> 
> Residential streets generate a gray shading that shows on lower zooms, but I do not know where the gray areas you mention are coming from. The must be being merged in by Mapnik from 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Brent.
> 
> 
> >I've labeled Bungendore (near Canberra) using just a node but have just
> >ran a rough outline of Queanbeyan and Oaks Estate and created an area
> >instead.
> >Also, I have created an area around Jerrabomberra, which is wholly
> >contained within the Queanbeyan area, and I have labeled it a suburb
> >(this will cause some debate amongst locals no doubt!).
> >
> >I notice that some zoom levels there is already a grey outline around
> >some towns around Canberra, including Queanbeyan. I have no idea who
> >entered that data and can see no evidence of it as a way - and yet there
> >it is. I don't want to ruin or duplicate any existing data.
> >
> >So to summarise my questions:-
> >a) How are you guys labeling towns, etc (are you using nodes or areas)?
> >b) How are those town outlines that appear at high zoom levels on the
> >main map being created?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any info,
> >
> >Steve.
> >
> >
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