Hi Kay, I like the idea of a more subdued style for use as backdrop maps. I think this one still has too much contrast for that purpose.
I propose something along the lines of http://maps.cloudmade.com/?lat=52.371826&lng=4.928055&zoom=12&styleId=26171&opened_tab=0 May I take this opportunity to plug the Cloudmade style editor - it's an awesome tool for when you want to play around with cartography. It is somewhat limited - I haven't found a way to color the labels differently, for example - but that is its strength as well in a way. Best, Martijn van Exel +++ [email protected] Laziness – Impatience – Hubris http://schaaltreinen.nl | http://martijnvanexel.nl | http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ twitter: mvexel skype: mvexel flickr: rhodes On Nov 2, 2010, at 8:32 PM, Kay Drangmeister wrote: > Hi > > After lots of discussions about how layered maps could be made more user > friendly, here's an easy fix: a desaturated mapnik base layer. For even > reduced information, a "no icons" form of the map is presented. > > Here is an example set: > > original mapnik: > http://toolserver.org/~osm/styles/?zoom=17&lat=52.50964&lon=13.37659&layers=00B0F0FF0000F0FF00 > > b/w like mapnik: > http://toolserver.org/~osm/styles/?zoom=17&lat=52.50964&lon=13.37659&layers=0000F0FF0000F0FFB0 > > b/w without icons: > http://toolserver.org/~osm/styles/?zoom=17&lat=52.50964&lon=13.37659&layers=0000F0FF0000F0FF0B > > > An example with hillshading and bicycle layers: > http://toolserver.org/~osm/styles/?zoom=15&lat=47.6322&lon=13.00511&layers=0000F0FT0000F0TF0B > > > Tiles are here, please try it with your layers: > http://toolserver.org/tiles/bw-mapnik/13/4400/2686.png > http://toolserver.org/tiles/bw-noicons/13/4400/2686.png > > Kind regards, > Kay > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
