[talk-au] How to label ill-defined places?

[cleary]

And I should have added, that it is usually just a node unless you have specified boundaries..



On Mon, 13 Apr 2020, at 2:56 AM, Little Maps wrote:
> Hi again everyone, hope you’re all enjoying Easter. A simple newbie question...
> 
> How do you label localities that have no precise boundaries? I’m 
> working on part of the Murray River and adding locality names from Vic 
> Gov data. Many can be placed on mapped features (e.g. campsites and 
> beaches) but lots cannot.
> 
> The most common examples are ‘bends’ and ‘points’, such as Horseshoe 
> Bend, Hideaway Bend, Cray Point, Killers Point, etc. These areas have 
> no mapped boundaries. Should these be added by placing a node / point 
> in the appropriate place and labelled it as follows, or is there a 
> better way?
> 
> Place:locality
> Name: Killers Point
> Source geometry:
> Source name: xxx
> 
> Thanks again, and thanks too to Warin for answering my earlier question.
> 
> Best wishes Ian
> 
> 
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