[mkgmap-dev] 1point roads with highway shield for POI

Fri Feb 26 10:46:59 GMT 2010

Sometimes ago I wrote a bit about implementing POI with numbers for 
cycle node networks. I had thought about it back then already, but did 
not write about it.

It would be great to have the possibility to put a one point road (there 
has to be some code to make sure it's not munged by the dp-filter) with 
a highway shield. There would be two use cases:
a) cycle node networks. Much better to have a highway shield that shows 
the number of the cycle node than to have a POI with number graphic (it 
is not good to trust that a normal label is shown).
b) if someone wants to highlight house numbers, this could be used too 
(of course once many housenumbers are inside osm in the region than this 
will look strange).
c) maybe some other uses.

I don't know if this is easily implementable. If it is not difficult it 
would be great. (a normal POI still has to be created for searchability 
- so "continue" should be usable nevertheless)