Here's something that might be a diversion while you wait for the database to allow editing again.
Richard Weait and I have been working on a rendering that uses route relations to make individual shields that reflect what each state uses. I've got a working prototype, and I'd like to get some feedback on it. The server is a rather slow one sitting at my place behind a slow-ish DSL connection, which means that it'll probably range from a little slow to very slow indeed. I'm working on getting some better hosting for it. If you're not yet deterred, I invite you to look at http://elrond.aperiodic.net/shields/ . The code and source files are at https://launchpad.net/osm-shields . I haven't yet written up the details about what works or doesn't but the basic gist is that we use the network= and ref= tags on the relation and, if there's no ref= tag, use the name= tag so we can get things like the New Jersey Turnpike, which has a name but no signed number. Business and similar variants are expected to be in the network tag, since that's the closest thing I've seen to a consensus on the topic. If there's no route relation or the tagging was not understood, we fall back to rendering the ref= tag on the way just like the main OSM rendering. There are actually two shield styles we have. There's the cutout-style that you see by default and another style you can switch to that more closely resembles the roadside reassurance signs for the routes. The cutouts will probably load faster--more of them have been rendered already--but please take a look at the other one, too; I'd like to know which one people prefer. I'm not an expert on every state, so I'm particularly interested in whether things look good to the natives of each state and, if not, what could make them look better. If you just want to look around, here are some spots you might find interesting: * The greatest concurrency in the US is an 8-plex in Indiana: http://elrond.aperiodic.net/shields/?zoom=14&lat=39.76391&lon=-86.02913&layers=B0 * New Jersey has several highways with their own shields. You can see both the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway here: http://elrond.aperiodic.net/shields/?zoom=12&lat=40.53314&lon=-74.31054&layers=B0 * Many states have boring rectangles for their shields. Some have interesting shields with details that don't really come out with our rendering. Two of the more visually interesting states that we do show are, I think, Washington and Utah: http://elrond.aperiodic.net/shields/?zoom=12&lat=40.53314&lon=-74.31054&layers=B0 http://elrond.aperiodic.net/shields/?zoom=11&lat=40.6916&lon=-111.90163&layers=B0 * Even Washington DC has its own shield design, but there's only one road with that sign, DC 295 (which is a connector between MD 295 and I-295): http://elrond.aperiodic.net/shields/?zoom=14&lat=38.88345&lon=-76.9615&layers=B0 So be patient with it if the tiles load slowly and please let me know what you think! -- ...computer contrarian of the first order... / http://aperiodic.net/phil/ PGP: 026A27F2 print: D200 5BDB FC4B B24A 9248 9F7A 4322 2D22 026A 27F2 --- -- ...And the lord said, 'lo, there shall only be case or default labels inside a switch statement.' -- Apple MPW C Compiler error message ---- --- -- _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
