Re: [Talk-GB] New Map Style feedback

Richard Fairhurst writes: > There are many people, myself included, who have the technical knowledge and > resources to set up a UK-only render, updated once a week by a reimport from > a Geofabrik extract. I count myself in this group since a couple of years ago I was

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

Wow! Thanks for that. Very interesting. http://bigfatfrog67.me On 02/11/2015 10:02, Paul Sladen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Lester Caine wrote: On 01/11/15 07:22, Ed Loach wrote: It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours:

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On 01/11/2015 07:22, Ed Loach wrote: On 31 Oct 2015 21:59, "jonathan" > wrote: > > I don't like it. > > It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours: Blue, Green, Red! Red? Traditional UK mapping colours for

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On 02/11/15 10:02, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Lester Caine wrote: >> On 01/11/15 07:22, Ed Loach wrote: It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours: Blue, >>> Green, Red! >>> Red? >> all the legislation, > > ...stems from one document: > > Geneva

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

+1 http://bigfatfrog67.me On 01/11/2015 09:46, Stuart Reynolds wrote: I don't like it for the simple reason that I think it will fail to win over new Uk users. There are plenty of people who just want to use default tiles to show a location on - sports pitch, scout hall, whatever - and those

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Colin Smale wrote: > The change could have been managed better, like proper announcements a > couple of months ahead of time, with a date - "On 30th October OSM will > switch to a new stylesheet for the standard map. For information about

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

I don't like it for the simple reason that I think it will fail to win over new Uk users. There are plenty of people who just want to use default tiles to show a location on - sports pitch, scout hall, whatever - and those people will inevitably go to Google. Sure, we understand the differences

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On 01/11/15 07:22, Ed Loach wrote: >> It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours: Blue, > Green, Red! > > Red? Was waiting for someone to pick that one up, and yes it has been some time since red was dropped from the legal framework and therefore the highway code. But the

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On 10/31/2015 09:57 PM, jonathan wrote: I don't like it. It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours: Blue, Green, Red! Anything else is just form over function. +1 the discussion on red notwithstanding ___ Talk-GB mailing

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On 31/10/2015 22:27, Chris Hill wrote: We should all keep in mind that the standard map on the OSM website is not OSM. It is just a single render as an example of what is possible. There are thousands of renders out there (I must have made more than a dozen). Making your own map tiles in your

Re: [Talk-GB] New Map Style feedback

On 01/11/15 17:09, Amaroussi (OpenStreetMap) wrote: The ability for OSM to render the “British” colours alongside the new style colours would depend on what resources they have, but I will support adding an alternative layer to the main site that uses the “British” colours, as soon as the

[Talk-GB] New Map Style feedback

Hi all, I have been gathering thoughts from the talk-gb list and my main concern now is how the tertiary roads are shown, especially in countries where people map roads according to quality and hierarchy (and there are more than one). In Greece, tertiary roads connect all villages while in

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

+1 http://bigfatfrog67.me On 01/11/2015 16:59, Mark Goodge wrote: On 31/10/2015 22:27, Chris Hill wrote: We should all keep in mind that the standard map on the OSM website is not OSM. It is just a single render as an example of what is possible. There are thousands of renders out there (I

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

+1 http://bigfatfrog67.me On 01/11/2015 16:53, Mark Goodge wrote: On 01/11/2015 09:46, Stuart Reynolds wrote: I don't like it for the simple reason that I think it will fail to win over new Uk users. There are plenty of people who just want to use default tiles to show a location on - sports

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Dave F. wrote: > . I fully understand about not being able to set a deadline, but the > actual amendments being implemented in this major update could have been > listed a bit clearer. The static image here: >

[Talk-GB] New map style

Hi all, For some reason, the barrage of complaints I was expecting on this channel, regarding the switch from blue/green/red to rose/red/orange seems to be quiet today. I wonder who is unhappy with the change? I would back blue/green/red being an alternative theme on OSM to calm things down,

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

I don't like it. It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours: Blue, Green, Red! Anything else is just form over function. Stop playing with aesthetics and concentrate on functionality. Jonathan. http://bigfatfrog67.me On 31/10/2015 21:37, Amaroussi (OpenStreetMap)

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

On 31/10/15 21:59, Colin Smale wrote: The change could have been managed better, like proper announcements a couple of months ahead of time, with a date - "On 30th October OSM will switch to a new stylesheet for the standard map. For information about what this will mean for you, click here"

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

You didn't miss my offer as it wasn't there. Personally I do not have the time to PM this kind of thing as I have bigger things to worry about. I think your rather patronising response is somewhat coloured by the fact that you happen to like the result I have the greatest respect for the

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

I was thinking the same. The new colour scheme is not what I am used to, but having said that, it is kinda growing on me... But the colour schemes are part of the local culture for many people, and you will never suit all of the people all of the time. It is definitely time we had a framework

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

2015-10-31 21:57 GMT+00:00 jonathan : > I don't like it. I like it :) Much more legible, less messy, than it was. > It very simple, the colours should match the road sign colours: Blue, Green, > Red! Not obvious to me why that would be a requirement, but I guess it's

Re: [Talk-GB] New map style

It's a requirement because this is a UK list, the roads are in the UK, the UK signs have always been coloured that way. When British people are navigating they immediately recognise these colours. But hey, if you like pink then fine let's keep the Barbie look. Jonathan http://bigfatfrog67.me