[OSM-talk] How to map quarters?

[Alex Mauer]

On 09/11/2009 10:54 AM, Craig Wallace wrote:
> Why? How does the renderer know whether its a large suburb that's within 
> a city, or a small suburb that's part of a town or village (or part of a 
> larger suburb). As you would want these to be shown at different zoom 
> levels, with different font sizes etc.
> I know you can map the suburb as an area, to show its size, but that 
> isn't always practical. Many suburbs don't have clearly defined 
> boundaries, so its easiest just to use a node in the middle of it.

I don’t think it's necessary to map the suburb as an area; only the
place it’s within.  If a suburb (node) is within a town (area), then
render it smaller than one which is within a city (area).

-Alex Mauer “hawke”

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