the logical solution would be to use the overlays in openlayers make a nice (basic) basemap and add some transparent overlays - amenities - powerlines - and so on..
2008/3/20, Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sven Grüner wrote: > > > That once again throws up the general question which purpose the > > (official) maps displayed at openstreetmap.org should serve. > > > > A) Should they be a neat, beautiful (street-) map flattering the > > eyes of > > people who are used to the map-design of Google? > > > > or > > B) Should they be a show case of what OSM is really about, the data. > > Showing off what cool features we've got that no other map supplier > > can > > offer. > > > We have two layers, Mapnik and Osmarender - we can do both. > > cheers > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk