[Talk-us] Specifications

[Minh Nguyen]

Michal Migurski wrote:
> Thanks Alan,
>
> There's a bunch to chew on there, it's going to take me a few days to 
> move through the docs. It sounds like what you're suggesting, though, 
> is that the place=hamlet tag really is appropriate for neighborhoods, 
> which is fine. Are you commenting at all on its appropriateness for 
> trailer parks and apartment developments? I may convert some of the 
> Oakland hamlets to named landuse=residential to see what happens.
>
> I don't actually know what the main OSM tile rendering will do with 
> these. =)
>
> -mike.
Mapnik displays names on landuse=industrial at zoom level 14 [1], but 
Osmarender doesn't display them until level 17 [2]. I'm guessing they 
handle landuse=residential the same way.

[1] 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.2806&lon=-84.3011&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF
[2] 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.2806&lon=-84.3011&zoom=17&layers=0B00FTF

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