[OSM-talk] Mapnik: strange prioritisation/appearance of place names

[Elena of Valhalla]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Adam Schreiber <sadam at clemson.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Elena of Valhalla
> <elena.valhalla at gmail.com> wrote:
>> finding a working algorithm that uses only objective data and is
>> always able to select the proper item to print would be excellent, but
>> also probably not feasible in real life.
> Population?  People can vote importance with their feet.

IIRC there are a couple of instances in the US where a slightly less
populated city/area was way more famous than a nearby more populated
one

it would work most of the times, however

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