It is really difficult to answer two really different needs: - a map for mappers: so that they can quickly see their contributions, - a map for non-mappers: here some less cluttered rendering is needed, and different styles needed depending of the use
I've always considered the default osm.org map rendering as a "work" rendering, mainly designed for the mappers and that's what I explain when people are a bit negative about it. A good move has been to add zoom 19 on osm.org, it answers a need for mappers in very dense area where overlapping features could not be rendered at zoom 18. I've forked the osm-carto style for OSM-FR and to try to address both need (a generic map for non mappers and a detailed one for mappers) here is what I've mainly done: - have better looking first zooms: for example use a lowzoom bitmap of landuse (based on an idea from Frederik Ramm), fill "empty" area with village names, add some geographic toponyms like main islands, archipelago, etc - simplify intermediate zooms: automatic abreviation of names, use of meaningful localized symbols - show more details on additional zooms (19 and 20) You can see the result on http://tile.openstreetmap.fr/?zoom=5&lat=47.71461&lon=3.04866 Some parts could be reused for osm.org (first zooms for example).
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