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The labels are so crazy, how can Elizabeth be shown instead of New York?
by aubergene 16y ago
The labels are so crazy, how can Elizabeth be shown instead of New York?
- rmc 16y agoThe labels are choosen automatically by software. It is a bit of an outstanding issue has to how to make that work correctly with USA cities. The whole data set is a wiki, anyone can edit anything. It's not obvious how to place the labels in an objective manner.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoThere's some info here about how the US concept of "city" clashes with the UK concept, which was used as the basis of some data naming decisions, and the effect it has on the US map. http://compton.nu/2010/10/city-labels-in-openstreetmap/ http://compton.nu/2010/10/city-labels-in-openstreetmap/
- olalonde 16y agoSame for Montreal. All the small towns around are shown much earlier. There's a good analysis here on what makes Google Maps look better than the competition: http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-...