On 01/30/2010 12:30 PM, Leroy E Leonard wrote: > Some specific questions: > 1. Do we need the ref tag for the way when we have the two relations > with the same info?
Mapnik renders shields from the ref tag on the way, so yes. > 2. Should the ref tag in the US 278 relation really be "US 278" or simply > "278"? In the relation, it should be 278. On the ways the ref tag should be “US 278; US:GA 10” > Philosophical questions: > 3. This road never renders with shields. Should it? Is it a problem of > tagging, rendering, or false expectations? Only mapnik renders the shields, and then it uses the ref tag from the way. It also generally renders shields at a closer zoom than one might expect. So probably a mixture of all 3. > 4. (Related to question 1) when we have duplicate information in ways > and relations, is there a reason to having it duplicated or should it > be moved to the relation? Yes. Renderers may pull their information from one source or another, so it’s useful to have it in all places that a renderer might want. Hope this helps. -Alex Mauer “hawke”
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