[OSM-dev] [Patch] Experimental extra symbols for mapnik layer

[Richard Fairhurst]

Brian Quinion wrote:

> On a related note - does anyone know who admins the live server, or
> how changes to the mapnik style sheet are made live?
>
> Is there someone in charge or is it just a case of committing the
> changes to svn and it all happens automatically?

On a cartographical note: the icons look good and consistent, and  
work well per se.

However, IMeversoHO the result of adding this number of icons -  
certainly not a reflection on your icon design - is that the map  
becomes a little too cluttered. It loses the "clean" look of our  
default Mapnik cartography and that, I think, is a shame. The  
automatic placement of point labels over ways tends to 'break up' the  
ways, making them harder to comprehend at a glance: Surrey Street in  
your osm-sample2.png is a good example.

Stefan de Konink alluded to the ideal solution in his posting - "just  
another reason to have 'layers'. :)". If these icons weren't visible  
by default, but were available as a selectable overlay, that'd be  
utterly fantastic.

cheers
Richard