[OSM-talk] mountain_pass=yes: combination with place=locality and rendering

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Fri Aug 13 14:18:22 BST 2010


2010/7/28 Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping at googlemail.com>:
> But for me place=locality is not about the importance or renown of
> something. It's about a place that has a name but no significant other
> feature - which is not the case here.


place=locality is about uninhabited places with a name, but whether
there is another significant feature or not does not matter.

> But even more important: Even if you use that tag, it is so generic, that it
> provides no real information what you actually want to say to a map renderer
> or other data user.


+1


> Wouldn't it be an idea to simply render a pass "importance" based on the
> type of highway it is connected to? On my personal map, I'm displaying all
> passes that are connected to a highway=track with tracktype=grade1 (and all
> "higher") - works well for planning my street motorcycle trips.


+1, I think this would be a very good rendering improvement to work
with current data and which expectedly would lead to good results.

cheers,
Martin



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