2013/7/4 Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> > On 07/04/2013 02:00 AM, Tirkon wrote: > >> I am not sure: Do you want to replace rhe lowzoom levels at osm.org? >> > > I think the lowzoom levels at osm.org look very bland and my approach > attempts to fix that
I partly agree (have thought that for a long time, but somehow got used to the status quo in the meantime). I believe they come from an era in OSM when we were still proud to have some country boundaries and the coastline (what we now take mostly for granted). > , trying not to be a cartographically solid map (for that, MapQuest has > done an excellent job I think) but instead highlighting where OSM has data > and where it hasn't. > yes, that's what makes them interesting, it is somehow osmarender lowzoom 2.0 ;-) (btw.: MapQuest seems to use a handmade map for really low zooms: 1-3) > I don't have a particular agenda about replacing the lowzoom tiles on > osm.org; if someone wants me to install my process on the OSM tile server > I can do that but if most people are happy with what we've got then I have > no problem with that. maybe we could have both? In the end low zoom tiles don't require so much disk space and won't have to be updated very often. cheers, Martin
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