On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:44:07 Hans Schmidt wrote: > Am 13.02.2013 14:22, schrieb Andrew Errington: > > I would also like this, for Korea. Obviously it's a rendering issue, but > > it would be nice if the map on osm.org would have this. > > > > I tried adding a junction=yes tag to a named junction as described in the > > wiki[1], but it would not render a label for me. > > > > In Korea most junctions have large signs with their names. I showed the > > osm.org map to a Korean friend who was looking very hard for a named > > junction to orient themselves with the map, so it's quite important for > > Korean map users. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Andrew > > Yes. Generally I think that non-Western map styles are completely > neglected in OSM, but I have no idea to change that. How can we get in > touch with the people who define the rendering styles? Somehow it seems > to me (from the perspective of an ordinary user) that they are some kind > of “gods”, who choose abritarily what is done and what is not. > Well, this time I try not to give up until this is done :) It must be > very frustating for Korean and Japanese users to map, but seeing that > their efforts are basically completely useless on OSM, because the map > will not display anything which is needed for a usable map in these areas. > > Concerning tagging: I don’t think that there should be some special tag. > The node which intersects both roads should just get a name property. > JOSM displays the name there, and I think this is how it should be > displayed on osm.org, too. > > Hans > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
You could put a request in Trac: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapnik (The instructions are in the third paragraph "To report bugs or graphical suggestions...") Best wishes, Andrew _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
