[OSM-talk] Mapnik rendering of paths + place=locality in general

[Tom Hughes]

Igor Brejc wrote:

> This question has come up several times (from what I could Google out), 
> but let me ask it again: when can we expect Mapnik OSM layer to render 
> highway=path? Nevermind the "path or footway" debate - it would be nice 
> to have paths rendered (they can be rendered the same as footways, as 
> far as I'm concerned). Anyway, I checked Tagwatch for Germany and it has 
> some 17,000 paths, so it's not totally unused.

How about if you want them rendered you tag them with the standard 
tagging of highway=footway that we've been using for the last several 
years and which mapnik already supports?

It's no use saying "never mind the debate". By that logic I could 
announce that in future I'm going to tag all motorways as "highway=frog" 
and demand that people "never mind the debate" and just render 
highway=frog as a motorway.

Tom

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