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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