Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal for additional Mapnik power=tower icons
Ãvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: I think it looks much better. Please file a ticked, and a patch against the current style would be great. I don't know how to make a patch, but I will submit a ticket. John ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal for additional Mapnik power=tower icons
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 15:54, John Goodman wrote: > I have yet not added an enhancement ticket -- wanted to see what people > thought. I think it looks much better. Please file a ticked, and a patch against the current style would be great. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal for additional Mapnik power=tower icons
* John Goodman [2010-10-17 11:54 -0400]: > I propose using a 5x5 icon at zoom levels 16 and 15, and a 3x3 icon > at zoom level 14. Simulated examples of the proposed look is shown > here: > > http://www.qlam.com/power_tower_proposal.png I think that's definitely an improvement. It feels more like zooming in on the features, and it both deemphasises the towers at lower zoom levels and better represents multiple towers in close proximity. (I've mapped a lot of places where multiple lines run in parallel with matching sets of towers, but the display at lower zoom levels looks very ragged because of the avoidance of overlapping symbols.) -- ...computer contrarian of the first order... / http://aperiodic.net/phil/ PGP: 026A27F2 print: D200 5BDB FC4B B24A 9248 9F7A 4322 2D22 026A 27F2 --- -- HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This Product Contains Minute Electrically Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred Million Miles Per Hour. -- Journal of Irreproducable Results, v36 #1 --- -- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Proposal for additional Mapnik power=tower icons
I'd like to propose a couple additional icons to use in the Mapnik renderer with power=tower nodes. The current Mapnik icon (a 7x7 square, crossed diagonally) is currently used for all zoom levels in which it is visible (14 through 18). This tends to result in power lines looking cluttered and over-emphasized at the lower zoom levels, especially where there are multiple, parallel power lines. I propose using a 5x5 icon at zoom levels 16 and 15, and a 3x3 icon at zoom level 14. Simulated examples of the proposed look is shown here: http://www.qlam.com/power_tower_proposal.png (This image is a little tall and may result in browser scaling -- please view an unscaled version). I have yet not added an enhancement ticket -- wanted to see what people thought. John ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
