This can be seen from different perspectives. Someone who wants a more aesthetic clean map, will like GMaps more. Meanwhile OSM carto is much more informative with a lot more details. But you can still have a look at the icons used and try to make an improved version and suggest it to the style maintainers. ( https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/tree/master/symbols)
2015-11-02 18:52 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk>: > On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 22:53 +0600, Nasir Khan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a big fan of Open Street Map. I used this for may of my web > > application projects. > > > > One thing i faced every time and asked from many that, is there a way > > to improve the icon set to make the map more attractive. I really > > feel that we all should look at this issue and make a plan to improve > > this user experience. If you compare the OSM with the Google map > > icons, then you can say that the Google Map is way more ahead that > > the OSM. > > > > I am not sure if it is right forum to discuss this issue. Please help > > me if i posted in the wrong mailing list. Any one can tell me if it > > is already in the roadmap or not? If it is not, then i think we can > > start the discussion right away. We can team up with some other > > platforms like The Noun Project (https://thenounproject.com/) or some > > one else or do something else. > > > This mailing list is the right place to discuss openstreetmap, it would > be wrong to expect mappers to sign up for an a 3rd pary site to discuss > openstreetmap. > > As for your comment, I would say you are wrong, OSM is way ahead of > google in terms icons and map style. Most places are almost devoid of > mapped icons on google maps. > > Phil (trigpoint) > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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