[talk-ph] Ayala, EDSA and Makati Avenue

[maning sambale]

I usually create separate ways for a road with a physical barrier in
between, like an island of grass, concrete, etc.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions#Divided_highways

cheers,
maning

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 7:31 PM,  <PBVillaflores at smart.com.ph> wrote:
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> Yeah.  I guess that idea makes sense, but my question still is, are these
> roads really correctly depicted as 2 ways instead of one?
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> BTW, central London also looks ugly:
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> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.51848&lon=-0.115&zoom=15&layers=B00FTF
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> Lots of "not in map features"
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> From: Eugene Alvin Villar [mailto:seav80 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 7:17 PM
> To: maning sambale
> Cc: Paolo B. Villaflores, IT/3137; talk-ph at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Ayala, EDSA and Makati Avenue
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> I agree. DO NOT fix the data so that it looks good when rendered. The "bug"
> is in the presentation layer, not the data layer.
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> When all else fails, we could always create our own rendering styles.
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> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 6:29 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
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> Have to leave this PC shortly, so my quick answer is:
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> common mantra from OSM talk is, do not tag features to follow the
> rendering, tag them as what it really is on the ground.
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> cheers,
> maning
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> On 9/22/08, PBVillaflores at smart.com.ph <PBVillaflores at smart.com.ph> wrote:
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>> I wonder if we have got to change the drawing for roads like Ayala Avenue,
>> Makati Avenue and EDSA.
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>> They are currently drawn as 2 parallel single-direction ways.
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>> It causes the map to render the name twice and doesn't look nice.
>>  Example:
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>> http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=14.549735925216048&lon=121.02352088266947&zoom=16&layers=B000F000F
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>> Look at Makati Avenue for instance-two overlapping street names are
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>> one of top of the other but with a slight offset-making me wonder if I
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>> double vision when I look at it.
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>> Maybe it has to be changed to a primary 2 way road with 6 lanes
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>> Also, a lot of places Makati now appear with the label:  "not in map
>> features" and "residential without name"
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>> I also see buildings with "building=yes" but still appearing as "not in
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>> features".  Strange.
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