[OSM-dev] elemstyles.xml file

[Ulf Lamping]

Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany) schrieb:
> On Sunday 01 July 2007 13:12, Ulf Lamping wrote:
>   
>> However, I've found two elemstyles.xml files in the svn:
>> a) applications/etc/elemstyles.xml
>> b) applications/editors/josm/plugins/mappaint/styles/standard/elemstyles.xml
>>     
>
> ...
>
> The only change I know/see is the 
>     <scale_min>1</scale_min> 
>     <scale_max>50000</scale_max>
> Which would help rendering stuff only at the right zoom level.
>   
?!?

If I run a diff over the two files, I get *lot's* of differences. I'm 
not talking here about "well, there's basically the same entries in it", 
I'm talking about *identical files* - which they are really not.

I really don't care about the scale entries to be existing in one of 
both files where it's not required. My goal would be to have *identical* 
files first, and then find a way to have only one file for all possible 
circumstances - to get rid of the maintenance issues in the future 
(having two almost identical files with basically the same content at 
two places in the svn is a pretty bad idea in the long run).
> The File in /etc was used by 
> 	applications/utils/perl_lib/Geo/Gpsdrive/OSM.pm
> which is used by
> 	./rendering/pdf-atlas/pdf-atlas.pl
>   
So, we need both files at least for now :-(
> By the way: In the long term we should have a look if it is possible to merge 
> these with the rules files of mapnik:
> 	./applications/rendering/mapnik/osm.xml
>
>   
Let's do one step at a time, it's already enough confusing for me 
already :-)

Regards, ULFL