Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-05 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/4 Tim Waters : > It's around this time of year that we start thinking about funny Christmas > styled maps, with snowmen, and frosty trees... > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenSantaMap > :-) Last year there was a German Project within OSM collecting positions of places where they s

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-04 Thread Tim Waters
On 3 November 2010 14:37, Donald Campbell II wrote: > Yeah that Glittermap is great stuff I gotta thank you for freeing my mind > of the constraints of stuffy boring mapping. > > Now I'm thinking of cartoon style maps with text effect scripts run on > Country/City/Town names... > > Old fashioned p

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-03 Thread Donald Campbell II
Yeah that Glittermap is great stuff I gotta thank you for freeing my mind of the constraints of stuffy boring mapping. Now I'm thinking of cartoon style maps with text effect scripts run on Country/City/Town names... Old fashioned piratey maps with dragons in the water... Flippin' SpongeBob maps

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-03 Thread Emilie Laffray
On 3 November 2010 12:47, Kate Chapman wrote: > Probably all of those in this category on the wiki:) > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Groupies_of_IvanSanchez > > Long live the Glittermap! > > indeed! We still need a better Glittermap! Emilie Laffray ___

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-03 Thread Kate Chapman
Probably all of those in this category on the wiki:) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Groupies_of_IvanSanchez Long live the Glittermap! -Kate 2010/11/2 Peter : > Err, are you alright? "TEH GLITTERMAP!!!1!" LAWLZ! > So let's see hw many people actally use teh glitterthing... > > 2010/

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-03 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El día Wednesday 03 November 2010 09:27:58, Maarten Deen dijo: > If you put the glitter on roads only then it looks just like busy > traffic ;) > Connect it with traffic information and you'll get a visual traffic > monitor. *head asplodes* The crazier thing is, it's doable. We need transiki rig

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-03 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/3 Martijn van Exel : > This should be a featured image. I mean, really. I agree, it's quite nice and unique (at least I haven't seen that before). cheers, Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listi

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-03 Thread Maarten Deen
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:10:55 +0100, Martijn van Exel wrote: > This should be a featured image. I mean, really. If you put the glitter on roads only then it looks just like busy traffic ;) Connect it with traffic information and you'll get a visual traffic monitor. Cool stuff! Maarten > On Nov 2

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-03 Thread Martijn van Exel
This should be a featured image. I mean, really. Martijn van Exel +++ m...@rtijn.org Laziness – Impatience – Hubris http://schaaltreinen.nl | http://martijnvanexel.nl | http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ twitter: mvexel skype: mvexel flickr: rhodes On Nov 2, 2010, at 11:47 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Toby Murray
2010/11/2 Iván Sánchez Ortega : > http://ivan.sanchezortega.es/glittermap/ Excellent. Now all it needs is some ! ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Peter
Err, are you alright? "TEH GLITTERMAP!!!1!" LAWLZ! So let's see hw many people actally use teh glitterthing... 2010/11/2 Iván Sánchez Ortega : > On Tuesday 02 November 2010 20:32:15 Kay Drangmeister wrote: >> After lots of discussions about how layered maps could be made more user >> friendly, her

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
On Tuesday 02 November 2010 20:32:15 Kay Drangmeister wrote: > After lots of discussions about how layered maps could be made more user > friendly, here's an easy fix: a desaturated mapnik base layer. Desaturated? Black & white? That's your idea of user-friendly?? Everyone knows that user-friend

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Martijn van Exel
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

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Peter Körner
Am 02.11.2010 21:34, schrieb Richard Weait: I thought the style was very nice before everybody hammered your server. ;-) One more thing: yources to all styles rendered on the toolserver are here: http://svn.toolserver.org/svnroot/p_osm/styles/ Peter __

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Peter Körner
Am 02.11.2010 21:34, schrieb Richard Weait: On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Peter Körner wrote: Please be patient with the toolserver, most tiles in the bw-mapnik and bw-noicons style are not yet rendered, so there're still a lot 404 error, but this will solve itsself as soon as the maps are in

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Peter Körner wrote: > Please be patient with the toolserver, most tiles in the bw-mapnik and > bw-noicons style are not yet rendered, so there're still a lot 404 error, > but this will solve itsself as soon as the maps are in a wider use. I thought the style was ve

Re: [OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Peter Körner
Please be patient with the toolserver, most tiles in the bw-mapnik and bw-noicons style are not yet rendered, so there're still a lot 404 error, but this will solve itsself as soon as the maps are in a wider use. Peter Am 02.11.2010 20:32, schrieb Kay Drangmeister: Hi After lots of discussio

[OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

2010-11-02 Thread Kay Drangmeister
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