My point is that OpenStreetMap is useless for "ordinary people" like me. You need to be a savvy user, almost specialist, in order to use it. Or, other specialists need other people developping a proper interface for us.
The OpenCycleMaps project is great and should fulfill some cyclist needs. I understand however that we cannot ask thoses guys to integrate everything in their project. I doubt that ordinary user will ever take the time to play with Merkaartor and start developping their own styles. I won't. This is where, I think, a filtering option on openstreetmap.org would be usefull for ordinary people like me. No Merkaartor knowledge needed. No xml-type style required. No programming what-so-ever. "Show me the bicycle=designated on that map! Show me the unpaved road." Those simple needs. I'm talking here about bringing the OpenStreetMap map to a larger public (end users). I am an end user. Thank you for having taking time to answer ... 2010/8/23 James Ewen > Daniel, > > Are you looking to create you own map tiles for personal use, or are > you looking to change the way that the OpenCycleMap looks? > Making your own maps is all up to you, but changing the way that the > OpenCycleMaps look would entail convincing those who run that server > to change the rendering rules. > > Given that everyone has different preferences, it can be hard to get > shared map tiles loking just the way you like. > If you are looking to be able to find the ways for editing, try > looking at Merkaartor. It has a set of rendering rules that it uses to > create the map display on the fly. It's pretty cool, as you can create > a rule set to highlight the information of interest to you. It comes > with a couple style sets designed to find specific tags, maxspeed > being one, and lighting being another. I use them to find where these > tags are missing in my area, and add them in. > > You could easily write a style set that would highlight the cycle ways > only. You could go as far as setting up the style set to render > exactly what you would like the OpenCycleMap to look like, and then > take a screenshot, and send that to the guys running OpenCycleMap to > show them how much better your rendering is for a cycle map. > > There are lots of ways to skin a cat. > > James > VE6SRV > > >
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