[OSM-talk] T at H error

[80n]

On 9/24/07, Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:
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> 80n wrote:
> > the way.  The obvious solution is to limit this recursion to, say, 20
> > segments, and just assume that names will fit if the way has more
> > segments than this.
>
> Of course, this might not be true.  Is it possible to, rather than
> finding the length of the entire way and checking if the name will fit
> within that, instead find the largest desired length of the name, and
> recurse until either the way is longer than that (meaning it fits) or
> the complete way is found (meaning it will not fit and the text must be
> shrunk or truncated or whatever).


Yes, that is absolutely a much better way to deal with this.  I should think
before I write.


-Alex Mauer "hawke"
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