If we're going to be picking apart the style.. I have a few things to add: * Trails (hiking/biking) are often darker than roadways * Limited Access highways (blue) should be darker, wider, etc.. made to stand out more * I really like the tolls idea, the data is there.. if you look at the PA/NJ bridges in open.mapquest.com versus normal mapquest.com, you'll see that the toll bridges actually show up as such in open, but not the main version. * Powerlines are cool to map, but they clutter the map a lot of the time too, they should be lighter in color * Municipalities boundaries are really interesting too, but usually they're just clutter
-- Jim McAndrew On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Metcalf, Calvin (DOT) < calvin.metc...@state.ma.us> wrote: > Shields def, also using the interstate, (urbal/rural) arterial, > collectorand local nomenclature instead of trunk, primary, secondary. Fix > the labling issues related to mulitiple cities near each other (ie Cambridge > and all of the cities bordering Boston). > Sent with Verizon Mobile Email > > > ---Original Message--- > From: "Nathan Edgars II" <nerou...@gmail.com> > Sent: 9/12/2011 6:43 pm > To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Talk-us] What should a US map of OSM data look like > > On 9/12/2011 5:57 PM, Richard Weait wrote: > > A few of us were just asking on irc what a US-style tile theme would > > look like? > > Many printed US maps emphasize divided highways (often including > undivided multilane highways). Perhaps a thicker line style at low zooms > where lanes>=4 or oneway=yes -lanes=1. > > A separate color for toll=yes (like MapQuest does, but also for toll > non-motorways). > > Fix bloody Georgia and the way the trunks (and other highways) blend > into the trees. > > Render shields at lower resolutions, since the US is not as dense as the > UK. > > De-emphasize railways at lower zooms. > > Label motorways with both name and number where both are tagged (this > would be useful even in Europe). > > > Ian Dees liked the idea of fewer different colors for roads, blue / > > motorway, green / trunk, red / primary ... > > I'm not sure what the point of this would be - there's definitely enough > variation in importance for all these classifications to be useful. > > > For extra credit, can it also look good in Canada and Mexico? > > Canada and the US have rather similar road systems, so what works in one > should be good for the other. I believe Mexico has a fair number of > rural non-motorway toll roads. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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