On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
I'm just suggesting that there are easier ways to do what you want; it's your choice what tools you want to use on your own maps. >> 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. There are way easier ways to get state borders than extracting them out of OSM. Good luck with your map. - Serge _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
