[talk-au] Advice on Tags in a Hamlet

[Andrew Davidson]

It's also a little unnecessary as the current renderer does a reasonable 
job of making the place names appear and then disappear as you zoom in.

The place where most people want to go gets a little fuzzy the bigger 
the settlement gets. Just for a laugh I asked for directions to "Sydney":

Google guides to to right outside the MLC Centre in King St.
Bing takes you to the George St end of the Strand Arcade.
OSMAnd tells me to drive north over the Harbour Bridge, do a u-turn and 
then stop half way across on the return journey.
Whereis is smart enough to know not to give you directions unless you 
know whereabouts in Sydney you want to go.

On 16/01/17 15:21, Marc Gemis wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Placing of the hamlet (or other place) names is always fuzzy. Where it is
>> now renders well on the map, if you place it centrally that may overwrite
>> other objects - cluttering the map.
>
> That looks like mapping for the renderer. imho, the node should be
> placed near the location where you want to be guided to when you
> specify the hamlet without street name in a navigation system. i.e.
> not only you, but "most" people.
>
> m
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