[OSM-talk] Render icons for parking areas

[Lukasz Stelmach]

Robert Vollmert wrote:
> 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?

Sounds great to me. I havn't known there is such a relation so I 
just reinvented the wheel.

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 >Łukasz<                 Już nie katolicka lecz złodziejska.  (c)PP


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