[OSM-talk] Mapnik rendering labels for unrecognised tags

[Steve Bennett]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Stephen Hope <slhope at gmail.com> wrote:
> Particularly in this specific case, as nearmap coverage can't be used
> to derive OSM objects any more.

The same mechanism is used for Yahoo, Bing etc coverage. Yes, it's
debatable whether meta-objects should be stored in the OSM database,
but that debate would also extend to meta-tags (note=*, fixme=*)

I don't think the (itself questionable) maxim of "don't tag for the
renderer" applies here, as these aren't real world objects.

Steve