[OSM-dev] Rendering of "surface"

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2011/6/3 Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com>:
> An argument to support rendering the surface tag in Mapnik (for example
> as proposed in the trac ticket, at the scales where it would be visible)
> is that it would make mapping easier in countries where unpaved roads or
> streets are common, by separating physical surface status from relative
> importance in the road network all the way to the (main) rendering stage.


relative importance and surface are already separated in the OSM data
model (keys "highway" and "surface"), so this is not about mapping but
about displaying or omitting the present information.


cheers,
Martin