[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




More information about the talk mailing list