Daniel, I don't know about standardization of rendering, but I would say
the advice on the wiki is followed by OSM mappers much more often than some
veterans think.



2014-07-08 20:05 GMT-03:00 Daniel Koć <dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl>:

> W dniu 08.07.2014 20:04, yvecai napisał(a):
>
>
>  However, if rendering is an interesting topic, wiki is full of
>> rendering examples and advices that aren't followed anywhere. Let the
>>
>
> You don't even realize how sad is this observation for me...
>
> What is the role of writing documentation than - and approving it or
> declining? You can always use the tags as you like it, and they will be
> rendered this way or another (or not a all), so why waste the time
> proposing and documenting?
>
>
>  renderer render and the cartographer style the map, and trust them to
>> understand tags of interest to them.
>>
>
> You have no choice but to trust external rendering services - they will do
> what they think is important anyway. And we show this trust by OSM license.
>
> But inside the project I think we need some more coherency. If there's an
> approved proposal with rendering hints, at least the default render should
> take it into account. Ideally I think all such features should be rendered
> - and if not, the documentation should be revised by rendering team
> explaining what is the problem. Eventually the consensus can be reached.
> Otherwise, if OSM is basically the GIS database, why the main project page
> has the map instead of big red "Download the data!" button?
>
> In my case it was as simple as taking the template and filling it up.
> "Rendering" section in this template (and the field in the proposition
> infobox) means it's not unusual that the tagging can have rendering
> implications. And I see the difference in scale of peaks type, which should
> be properly visualised to not make default map cluttered with unnecessary
> details (like https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-
> carto/issues/689 ). But I just gave rough idea - the rendering team may
> feel some other settings would be better.
>
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