Re: [openrailwaymap] Pull Request at OSM Carto Rendering Names of Railway Lines
Am 03.08.2017 um 22:59 schrieb Michael Reichert:
Hi,
people are currently discussing a pull request of OSM Carto style which
would add rendering of the name=* tags of railway tracks and modify the
labelling of platforms.
Note: The discussion contains lots of large images, don't open it on a
mobile device.
https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/2687
I already commented on the pull request and I am not in favour of
rendering anything except of platform ref=* tags. Anything else clutters
the map and might highlight names in European countries which are known
by railway staff and fans but not by the general public.
In my experience, Euroean railway line names ("Rheintalbahn",
"Elztalbahn", etc) are typically well-known locally. Street names are
rendered. Compared to the number of streets, teh number of railways is
small, so they wouldn't contribute much to clutter.
Philipp