Hi, David, Your method is too redundant. Let me tell you how I decide it. I use transparent polygons on the bottommost layer. Islands and other objects lie on top of these bay polygons. You can use "drawOrder" in your typ file to configure this. As a result, I get the visible names of the bay on the blue sea poly and a point with a name for the search. I found this convenient enough for most users of my maps. poly definition: (natural=bay | natural=fjord | natural=strait) & name=* [0x43 resolution 18] point definition: (natural=bay | natural=fjord | natural=strait) & name=* [0x6503 resolution 21] Regards. <http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/file/t318348/bay-sample.gif> -- Sent from: http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/Mkgmap-Development-f5324443.html