[OSM-np] Labeling chowks

[Abhishek Singh]

On Thu 11 Aug 2011 07:05:07 PM NPT, Prabhas Pokharel wrote:
> Hey all, discovered something that applies to some chowks and wanted to
> share  (perfect for representing Chautaris/Mandirs/Pipalbots). The
> highway=mini_roundabout
> tag can be applied to a node on a way, and signifies that we have a
> small roundabout. It renders like this for the Kamalpokhari Mandir:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.70873&lon=85.32835&zoom=17&layers=M
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.70873&lon=85.32835&zoom=17&layers=M>
> 
> Cheers,
> Prabhas
> 
> [ps. to get a link like the one above, just click on "permalink" on the
> bottom right corner of your map]
> 
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Prabhas Pokharel
> <prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com <mailto:prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Working link: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/prabhasp/diary/14264
> 
> 
>     On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Abhishek Singh <aks at asingh.com.np
>     <mailto:aks at asingh.com.np>> wrote:
> 
>         On 08/07/2011 09:58 PM, Prabhas Pokharel wrote:
>>         Hey all,
>>         This question of how to label chowks is going to come up again
>>         and again. I tagged some big ones like Sinamangal and
>>         Pingalsthan with
>>         place=locality
>>         based on feedback
>>         http://openstreetmap.org/user/prabhasp/diary/14624#comments
>>
>>         That might be one way to go. Another would be to simply tag
>>         chowks with
>>         place=intersection
>>         name=Milan chowk
>>         as an example. The problem is that it wouldn't show up in the
>>         map at all (the renderer wouldn't know what to do), but it
>>         would still show up on searches.
>>
>>         Other suggestions? (do read the thread before commenting, some
>>         important issues are highlighted there)
>>
>>
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>         place=locality and place=intersection both seem to be good to
>         label chowks, as chowks have some expanded meaning:
> 
>           * most importantly "chowks" denote intersection
>           * but they chowks are not merely limited to intersection, and
>             they spread out, so as the locality is also named after the
>             chowk.
> 
>         p.s: @prabhas: the link is not working.
> 
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>         Abhishek Singh
>         http://www.asingh.com.np
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Thanks for the info.

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Abhishek Singh
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