On 10/19/2010 05:00 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Mike N. > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Tom Hughes, OSM contributor and infrastructure guru has written an > interesting summary of why some part of OSM can look strange. > > http://compton.nu/2010/10/city-labels-in-openstreetmap/ > > > Sounds like a good project for a bot to correct to the OSM norm? > > > On the contrary: I say all these critiques indicate the need for a > US-specific rendering of the map that does things in a more United > States-ey way. > > - Non-rectangular highway shields
This benefits more than just the US. Mexico and Canada also have non-rectangular shields. > - Colors that are closer to what most other US road maps I do appreciate the depth of detail of the OS-style coloring Mapnik provides at-a-glance; even the USGS maps leave a lot to be desired if you're not driving a car. Ideally, OSM would be substantially less mode-dependent. > - More granular city name placement based closer on population than on > the place tag Ideally, we should be moving away from city centroids for tagging and go with outlines anyway. > - Support for route relations I doubt this is a US-specific problem; doesn't the UK have this going ad nauseum with the Sustrans NCN already?
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