[Talk-us] Node versus area for school?

[Alan Millar]

In my area I have some schools with both a node and an area.  Most schools
are just the node with the GNIS ID, but some have the school grounds
mapped out as an area also.

I see that both Mapnik and Osmarender will render the name of the area, as
well as the node point.  So the schools with both an area and a node have
duplicate names on the map.  Based on that, it seems like the node doesn't
serve any purpose.

I don't want to map for the renderers.  I can imagine it might be useful
to have the node for a POI list or other uses, even if I don't know
specifically what that might be at the moment.  My personal inclination is
to keep both, and see if we can fix the rendering to label only one.

Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions on best practices for the node
versus area?

- Alan