Hello everyone, I would like to create some map from OSM that could be printed on paper at the approximate scale of 1:5000 and where all street names would appear on the map and be easy to read.
This is quite tricky I think, especially for Brussels where street names usually have a french and a dutch version. I have already done this exercise previously using UrbIS and I had to use some tricks such as shortening the names by combining the french and dutch versions when possible (e.g. "Rue de l'Ommegangstr." or "Quai F. Demetskaai") and widen the streets. I don't care that the streets are no more "at scale", the important is that all (or most) street names are legible. The rendering is similar to De Rouck map guides or 'Bruxelles en poche' for those who know these books. In long streets, the name can also be repeated several times. My final result from UrbIS was more or less satisfactory (even if it still required some workforce to displace manually a few toponyms at the end) but I would like to be able to create the same kind of map from OSM for a larger area than the Brussels Region and also be able to update it periodically. Before I start working on this, would you have some advice or know any people/projects/tools/libraries/ideas that could be a source of inspiration (maybe from ‘OSM on paper’ wiki page)? Thank you very much for your answers. Nadia
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