[OSM-talk] Render icons for parking areas

[Robert Vollmert]

On Jan 19, 2008, at 23:10, Lukasz Stelmach wrote:
> Ok. Forgive me my sarcasm earlier in this thread but I really think  
> automatic placement of icons at the areas is not so good.
>
> Let me then propose different approach. Let's use the new algorithm  
> to create nodes that would be rendered as icons. Such nodes should  
> have a tag that attaches them to the area and the "created_by" tag  
> containing the automaton name so they can be automatically moved if  
> the conditions change. If for whatever reaseon the automatic  
> placement is not reasonable the node can be moved by hand and have  
> the created_by changed without removing its attachment to the area.  
> Then the algorithm knows not to move it.

Why not place nodes automatically, unless the area is member of the  
"labelled_area"-relation (with two members: the area and the position  
of the icon/label), as was suggested before?

Cheers
Robert