[Talk-ca] Rendering Island names in OSM

[Richard Weait]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Pierre Beland <infosbelas-gps at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> In OSM, there is a clear rule to render cities depending on there size (ie.
> cities, town, village, etc).  But I see nothing for Islands. It seems that
> it is thought for small islands only.
>
> Here is the example of a long island that cannot be identified properly. The
> Anticosti Island is 250km long. I place a Place=Island tag at the center of
> the island.  You can see it at zoom level 12 and higher. See how it is
> rendered comparatively to the size of the island.
>
> zoom=12, we see the Island name
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.5&lon=-63&zoom=12&layers=M
> zoom=10, we see the Island in is entirety, but no name
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.5&lon=-63&zoom=11&layers=M
>
> Is there any solution to render properly in OSM?

Dear Pierre,

You can make suggestions for changes to the existing rendering styles.
 And you can make your own rendering style for your own use.

http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/1107/can-i-influence-what-gets-rendered-in-the-main-mapnik-layer