* Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> [2012-01-20 09:16 +0100]: > So then I stuck them into this table: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/0/02/Difference_in_Core-Casing.PNG
That is an excellent reference. Thanks! > The "motorway" and "motorway_link_" are the strangest as they are > smaller than all but a few roads of lower status than them. I don't know for certain but I figured this was because motorways are almost always in pairs and the thinness is a compensation for that doubling. > Finally the order in which they render has links render very early, > rather than just before there similarly named road (i.e. motorway_link > to motorway). I think the links should render before all roads residential and up (possibly before service, too); IMHO, you get better-looking results that way. > The main issue with this is in flyover junctions where roads don't > flow nicely into one another; but there are other reasons also. There are some issues with bridge rendering at the moment, in particular that _link roads on bridges are *not* rendered as early as non-bridge _link roads. I've a mind to sort out the things about layered rendering that bother me at the upcoming DC hack weekend and then submit a patch. Can you give an example of a junction that doesn't look good to you? > In conclusion: The answer to this is a bit opinionated so there > isn't really one, but the suggestion I would make is that either all > roads bar maybe residential and service should be the same size with > the same casing More prominent roads should be wider, I think, but the casings should be consistent, yes. > maybe oneday having lanes= taken into consideration. My opinion is that lanes= would be better for a specialized rendering, rather than the "main" map, because I think road thickness should be correlated to road prominence, and using lanes= could lead to inversions of that rule in places. One of my favorite renderings is TopOSM: http://toposm.com/us/index.html Its rules are very consistent and I like its progression of road widths. -- ...computer contrarian of the first order... / http://aperiodic.net/phil/ PGP: 026A27F2 print: D200 5BDB FC4B B24A 9248 9F7A 4322 2D22 026A 27F2 --- -- Sendmail may be safely run set-user-id to root. -- Eric Allman, "Sendmail Installation Guide" ---- --- -- _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk