Or maybe we can tag for density level ?
>-----Original Message----- >From: Greg Troxel [mailto:g...@ir.bbn.com] >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:27 AM >To: Toby Murray >Cc: talk-us >Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Brainstorm: What should a US map of OSM >data look like > > >Toby Murray <toby.mur...@gmail.com> writes: > >> This might be partially a tagging issue but I think it >affects rendering >> too. >> >> It would be nice to change the zoom level at which >cities/towns are rendered >> in rural areas. I should not be able to get a map with no >place names on it >> in western Kansas > >I agree, and it's not just cities/towns but everything else. In a lot >of rural areas there isn't so much and it would be nice to show gas >stations, restaurants, etc. and much lower-numbered zoom levels. >Basically, add things until you almost get clutter :-) Currently we >have static plans suitable for dense areas, which seems like a sane >default. > >I see this more as a rendering than tagging improvement, >although we may >need importance hints in tags. > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
