Folks, have been thinking about how we specify Icons for POI's in the Philippines OSM Map. I have Icons for most of the PH specific businesses, like Jollibee, Banks, and so on and would like to use them
At the moment, the only way to do this is to run through the database checking the name tag and seeing if it starts with jollibee, BDO mcdo, etc. This is a very intensive effort on a million+ points. I am doing the code for it now and it has to be run on a very regular basis to pick up new POI'S from the daily diff updates. It also suffers form spelling errors, and fomat errors, for example "the jollibee" will to be identified as the name has to start with "jollibee" (in text string searches in postgres do not use indexes, and are too expensive on the database, so we have to assume that the name starts with the search text. I will publish the icons we have at some stage very soon where they can be viewed by anyone. To make it very easy to have granular control over icon display, I propose that we do the following: Add an icon:ph tag to nodes as they are created that contains the filename of the icon to display (from the list published) For example, a node of a Mcdonalds might have a tag amenity="fast_food" name="Mcdonalds Quezon City" and a icon:ph="mcdonalds.png" The system will first check if the icon:ph exists and use the icon specified in that. if not, it will fall back to database determined value done on a weekly or monthly basis, with all the inherent pitfalls in the use of the name field. If that does not work, it will display a generic icon which is a Red Dot. One big advantage of this proposal is that people can submit their own logos in icon form, they are easy to add to the system, them specify them for specific businesses, leisure, bars, etc. on the actual poi ..so the value added to the map will be tremendous in the future. Thoughts, flames, thumbs up, thumbs down, rounds of applause on this proposal very much appreciated .. Regards Mark Cupitt "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" See me on Open StreetMap <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt> See me on LinkedIn <http://ph.linkedin.com/in/markcupitt> *See me on StackExchange <http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/17846/mark-c>* =============================================================================================== The contents of this email are intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose, copy, distribute, or use the contents of this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the email and any attachments. ===============================================================================================
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