[OSM-talk] Rendering collisions in Mapnik

[Rory McCann]

David Earl wrote:
> I understand Mapnik has some caption collision avoidance built in, yes? 
> Can someone explain what the rules are?
> 
> I ask because of this:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.1988&lon=0.4122&zoom=14&layers=B00FF
> 
> You can see there's a series of small villages, Saxon Street, Little 
> Ditton, Woodditton, Stetchworth dotted over the area, but the name of 
> probably the most significant is missing, which is rather disturbing as 
> it gives an incorrect sense of incompleteness.


I noticed a similar thing around Seattle in the north america. See here: 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.76&lon=-121.96&zoom=7&layers=B00FF 
The label for seattle isn't displayed at this level.

Rory