[OSM-talk] Places website update

[matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk]

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 10:02:08PM +0000, OJW wrote:
> Update of the "Places" website occurred last night - thanks to everyone 
> running the rendering clients, apologies to everyone who found the site 
> broken during the update.

Oops... So I moved the Loughborough "place name" node to the side of the town so
that the label doesn't obscure the map... and then of course the map doesn't fit
into the rendered area any more:

  http://almien.co.uk/OSM/Places/?id=214

Maybe it would be a good idea to have a rough "place boundary" for rendering
an area? i.e. I create an area around the town (fairly rough, rectangular or
similar) with "place=town, name=Loughborough", which would be a hint for a
renderer as to the size it should pick. This would be in addition to the node
with the same tags, that provides the actual position of the label itself.

Overkill? Another way of doing it?

Thanks,

-- 
Matthew