I really like an idea of separate database/layer for such fuzzy objects. Especially as there are multiple competing ideas for when specific object ends and even how many continents/oceans we have.
Nov 8, 2020, 06:51 by tomasstrau...@gmail.com: > If we're talking about fuzzy features (which do not have specific > boundaries) like mountain ranges, bays, straits etc. the problem is > that just a point is not enough, text must have direction, sometimes > even curvature to follow the geometry of the object ant thus "connect" > the label with the object in our consciousness. Additionally, for some > objects, say bays, we need totally different set of labels for > different zooms and that can only be calculated if we have a polygon > (check water labels and how they change > https://topo.openmap.lt/#t/13/54.33547/24.36494/0/0/ starting with > zoom 16 there is actually a lot of labels placed in different places > of the waterbody). But placing polygons for fuzzy objects have > problems: > * borders are not verifiable on the ground (as there is actually no > border - object is "fuzzy") > * imprecisely drawn boundaries of such objects look bad in the > editor, intersect with other objects and this kind of pushes mappers > to simply use boundaries of existing features (like coastlines) which > makes those object waaaaaay too precise for fuzzy objects. > My personal opinion is that such objects could be moved to a > separate database specific to fuzzy objects. That database should not > have ANY connection to the main database so that mappers would not be > able to reuse geometries of the main database. Thus license would be > the same, toolchain would be the same, data could later be used > alongside the data from the "main" database. Everyone should be happy, > both arguments (Christophs and Frederiks) against such objects would > be satisfied? > > -- > Tomas > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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