Erik Johansson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Shaun McDonald wrote: >> >>> Hi Edward, >>> >>> You need a capacity of at least 20 before it is shown. The reason for >>> needing a larger number of spaces before it was rendered with a big C >>> was due to places >>> like >>> http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=18&lat=51.49685&lon=-0.12529&layers=B000 >>> <http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=18&lat=51.49685&lon=-0.12529&layers=B000> >>> where it would show lots of blue C's beside each other which wasn't >>> particularly useful when the cycle parking was mapped in detail. >>> >> Hi Shaun >> >> Why does it need a minimum number? >> >> Could it be possible to change the render a the highest detail level or >> two, to display the C+number. In the example you give it they would >> certainly fit. >> > > Because mapnik can't handle that in a nice fashion,
To clarify, are you talking about just mapnik or all renderings including open CYCLE map? > maybe showing > everything at high zoom level, but even that may clutter the map > (perhaps?). What we want is for mapnik to handle different amount of > node/label density without having to resort to shutting of rendering > this or that label completely. > Again, to clarify, are you saying that the rendering can't change icons dependent on the zoom factor even though it can turn them on/off? > I have this problem for the Swedish country side. we have so much land > and so little mapped things that the UK created mapnik rules used for > Europe are no good. > > Europe at zoom6 > http://osm.org/go/0DxrS-- > > Northern Scandinavia at zoom6 > http://osm.org/go/01QLb-- > > The same problem exists in Thailand according to user Buadhai: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Buadhai/diary/8208 Would users really expect to see POI's at such a low resolution such as cycle parks? Even in sparse areas I would expect to have to zoom in a bit to see such detail. Cheers Dave F. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
