[OSM-talk] Path rendering in the cycleway
Rory McCann
rory at technomancy.org
Wed Sep 3 16:58:57 BST 2008
Christoph Eckert wrote:
> I agree some additional code needs to be written to support multiple tagging
> schemes. But IMO it's not an issue (except of conceptual or language issues
> of the consumer). A shop=bakery in Great Britain surely will differ from a
> shop=boulangerie in France. But I could surely display them both on a map
> with the same icon.
That is a case of "1 thing having 2 different names". That's an
annoyance, but a simple find and replace can 'solve' it.
However "2 different things having the 1 name" *is* a problem that can
not be easily solved.
Rory
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