Re: [OSM-talk] How do I go about doing this?
There are other rendering solutions such as Maperitive which give you control over what is rendered. There are tags such as florist which are in features wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features but not rendered by the default schemes. Even with the web rendering there are things such as cyclemap which has a different set of rendering rules. I'd just carry on tagging. Cheerio John On 8 November 2010 07:27, Donald Campbell II donaciano2...@gmail.comwrote: There's a few tag adjustments I'd like to try and make in some different tools. I don't think this is really a newbie question so I'm asking here. For example there's a tag I've been using that encodes information useful in navigation but isn't being used in any renderers. (I'm not mentioning the tag right now because I want to know the process involved not debate my tag) At what point is a tag more or less recognized? Since wiki tag proposals seem to be ignored or unadopted, in what way can I ensure I'm using the correct tag? What is the process for getting a tag accepted into mapnik? What is the process for getting a tag supported in mkgmap? Thanks, -Don. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] How do I go about doing this?
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Donald Campbell II donaciano2...@gmail.com wrote: There's a few tag adjustments I'd like to try and make in some different tools. I don't think this is really a newbie question so I'm asking here. For example there's a tag I've been using that encodes information useful in navigation but isn't being used in any renderers. (I'm not mentioning the tag right now because I want to know the process involved not debate my tag) At what point is a tag more or less recognized? Since wiki tag proposals seem to be ignored or unadopted, in what way can I ensure I'm using the correct tag? What is the process for getting a tag accepted into mapnik? You might be using your tag perfectly and still it might never get rendered in a specific map rendering layer. No single map layer can satisfy every potential viewer. You can use Mapnik yourself, and render a map to suit your requirements. Still, without guarantees, the OSM Mapnik style maintainers are volunteers. If your request has any hope of being accepted by the maintainers, you can make things much easier on them, by doing the work yourself. Create an icon, create and test a working ruleset, create a diff so that they can apply it to their style, and send all of that as a trac item, feature request against component mapnik in the OpenStreetMap trac system. That could make the difference between them thinking, um, possible, but I don't have time for that right now and thinking, well with all of the answers provided, I can do that quickly. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] How do I go about doing this?
You will also score good brownie points if you include a URL (or two) pointing to an instance of the particular feature you are referring too. Cheers STEVE -Original Message- From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Richard Weait Sent: 08 November 2010 13:21 To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] How do I go about doing this? On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Donald Campbell II donaciano2...@gmail.com wrote: There's a few tag adjustments I'd like to try and make in some different tools. I don't think this is really a newbie question so I'm asking here. For example there's a tag I've been using that encodes information useful in navigation but isn't being used in any renderers. (I'm not mentioning the tag right now because I want to know the process involved not debate my tag) At what point is a tag more or less recognized? Since wiki tag proposals seem to be ignored or unadopted, in what way can I ensure I'm using the correct tag? What is the process for getting a tag accepted into mapnik? You might be using your tag perfectly and still it might never get rendered in a specific map rendering layer. No single map layer can satisfy every potential viewer. You can use Mapnik yourself, and render a map to suit your requirements. Still, without guarantees, the OSM Mapnik style maintainers are volunteers. If your request has any hope of being accepted by the maintainers, you can make things much easier on them, by doing the work yourself. Create an icon, create and test a working ruleset, create a diff so that they can apply it to their style, and send all of that as a trac item, feature request against component mapnik in the OpenStreetMap trac system. That could make the difference between them thinking, um, possible, but I don't have time for that right now and thinking, well with all of the answers provided, I can do that quickly. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] How do I go about doing this?
On 08/11/2010 12:27, Donald Campbell II wrote: What is the process for getting a tag supported in mkgmap? If you're creating your own maps, then you have complete control over what gets included or not in the mkgmap map (whether you're using the newer style files or the older map features list). Many (most?) people who create mkgmap maps will tinker with the style files to some extent. If the question is how do I get feature XYZ added to the default style file then a chat with the people on the mkgmap list might make sense: http://www.mkgmap.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/mkgmap-dev People submit occasional default style patches, and they get incorporated (usually after a bit of discussion, but without any of the aggravation that sometimes inhabits the OSM lists). Cheers, Andy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
