On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:09 AM, AJ Ashton <aj.ash...@gmail.com> wrote: >> (eg, is [zoom>13] { #ways[...] } slower/faster than #ways[...][zoom>13] ?) > > Does your layer setup actually looks like this? ie. one 'ways' layer pulling > in the entire planet_osm_ways table? If so this will be problematic. Unlike > MapCSS, filtering out objects with CartoCSS will not prevent them from being > loaded. With Mapnik/TileMill you should be querying specific thematic > subsets of the database for each layer.
Ah. Yes, #ways is the whole table - although it's just one city. That's probably my problem. So, I guess I should set up individual queries (#bikepaths, #parks, ...) using PostGIS to do the filtering rather than Mapnik. That makes sense, thanks! Steve _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk