[OSM-talk] Pub names (was: Mapping Reading, some impressions)

Wollschaf mith at uni.de
Tue Sep 5 10:22:55 BST 2006


On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:50:50 +0100, OJW wrote:

> It might be useful to label pubs with "type=urban" if they're in a street
> with 20 other pubs and cluttering up the map, so that renderers can choose
> not to display symbols for them. 

I think a good map rendering software will find that one out for itself.
If too many symbols are to be placed in a too small area, some kind of
solution has to be found (omitting, smaller symbols, ...).

It's easy to say and very hard to program, I know. ;)







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