Re: [Talk-us] Parking rendering

2013-06-14 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Nathan Mills nat...@nwacg.net wrote: (I switched to talk-us for this reply because it doesn't touch on import issues) I don't think it's so much a bug in the stylesheet as much as a bug in the world we're trying to map. Many cities simply have excessive

Re: [Talk-us] Parking rendering

2013-06-14 Thread Martijn van Exel
I agree this should ideally be addressed at the data level. If all parking nodes had some capacity / access information, the renderer could prioritize for larger public parking when zooming out, for example. And entering every strip of street parking spots as parking in OSM does not make sense to

Re: [Talk-us] Parking rendering

2013-06-14 Thread Steven Johnson
To amplify what Serge said about Washington, no distinction was made for the behind-the-house, 1-2 vehicle private space versus large public lots. So if you were to look at the WashDC map, you'd be misled into thinking there is parking everywhere! I rather like the suggestion of addressing it

Re: [Talk-us] Parking rendering

2013-06-14 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/6/14 Steven Johnson sejohns...@gmail.com To amplify what Serge said about Washington, no distinction was made for the behind-the-house, 1-2 vehicle private space versus large public lots. So if you were to look at the WashDC map, you'd be misled into thinking there is parking everywhere!

Re: [Talk-us] Parking rendering

2013-06-14 Thread John F. Eldredge
Makes sense to me. Private parking and parking accessible to the public should certainly be tagged and rendered differently. I would not be surprised if some people, trying to use an OSM map to find a place to park, and instead being directed again and again to parking that turned out to be