On 22/04/2011 04:54, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Dave F.<[email protected]> wrote:
On 21/04/2011 19:17, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
That is using OSM for this is a bit of overkill.
Why?
If your need is a map that has states in different colors, either as a
standalone map or as a tileset, then using OSM is like throwing a
library at a problem where you only need a pamplet of information.
But the benefit of a library is you can take out just one book.
If you need a simple map, you could use QGis to make it. If you need a
slippymap, you could use Tilemill, and for something else, maybe use
GeoCommons.
The state borders are a tiny bit of information in a sea; there are
just easier/better ways to render a continental US map showing just
the state borders than using the data from OSM.
But those tools use OSM data.
Cheers
Dave F.
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