[OSM-talk] Oakham

Thomas Walraet thomas at walraet.com
Thu Oct 19 11:05:28 BST 2006


Etienne a écrit :
> Osmarender will render a suitably tagged way as an area.
> 
> To make something that will render as an area do the following:
> 1 Create a way and tag it with amenity=parking or landuse=commercial or 
> whatever
> 2 Make sure that the segments all point in the same direction
> 3 Make sure that the segments are ordered in a linear sequence in the way
> 
> There is no *need* to close the way as an implied line will be drawn 
> between the end and start anyway, but normally the way should be closed.

Could we agree in a "normal direction" even if osmarender doesn't need 
it at the moment ?
i.e. : A closed area should be clockwise.

If all areas respect these constrain, it will allow correct rendering 
even with partial areas.





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