[OSM-dev] suggestions for low zoom rendering

[Shaun McDonald]

On 16 Dec 2007, at 15:54, Floris Looijesteijn wrote:

> hi, i'm not sure if this is the right place but i would like to make  
> some
> suggestions to make the lowzoom more usable.
>
> the place name rendering of level 10 is smaller than level 9 or at  
> least
> harder to read. it should be the same as level 9 if you ask me.
>
> the landuse=residential rendering is now #f0f0f0 which is almost  
> invisible
> and would be a great way too identify cities. #e0e0e0 would probably
> be pretty nice.
>
> i also think the railway rendering at level 9 is too much. railways  
> now
> seem more important than highways which i think most of us would
> disagree with. rendering it the same as level 10 and 11 would be  
> better.

They are rendered at level 8 in Mapnik, and so they should!
Stations aren't shown until level 12, which isn't good enough when you  
are trying to find the nearest station in an area.
And then it is level 14 for the station names.

Maybe I'm just a cyclist who uses public transport too much and don't  
care about the motorways since that are useless to me.

Maybe it is time for the cycle map to be on the main osm site since it  
is more useful to me.
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