[OSM-talk] adjoining ways with the same name

[Robert Hart]

On 10/04/07, David Bishop <tech at gnuconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> What should you do when you have adjoining ways with the same name, that
> are split for some reason?  I.e., a road gets wider or turns into a one
> way for a small stretch, etc.  Osmarender seems to want to put the
> street name on each way, no matter how short it is, so you end up with
> stuff like:
>

Yes, this is the correct way of mapping. You can add tags to tweak the
display though. See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmarender/Tags

Future versions of tiles at Home may well be more intelligent and be able to
avoid rendering names that don't fit.

Rob


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Robert Hart
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