On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 17:57 -0400, Richard Weait wrote: > A few of us were just asking on irc what a US-style tile theme would > look like? > > Naturally, I think highway shields should be included. > > Lars Ahlzen suggested elevation in feet rather than metres.
It should be noted that USDOT considers English units a legacy feature to be eliminated as of the 2009 MUTCD. > Ian Dees liked the idea of fewer different colors for roads, blue / > motorway, green / trunk, red / primary ... Green typically means toll route on North American maps. > Perhaps de-emphasize pubs and make bowling alleys more prominent? Meh; regionalism. The northwestern corner of the continent is more likely to kill time in a pub than a bowling alley. Perhaps add adult shop/strip club for Oregon and Washington (as the northwest has so many of these they make handy points of reference). > Let's brainstorm ... what would you have OSM data look like in USA. > > For extra credit, can it also look good in Canada and Mexico? Can we > show hockey rinks? ;-) Considering Tulsa's most prominent downtown landmark (Bank of Oklahoma Center) is a hockey arena, I'm thinking this isn't Canada-specific. ;o)
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