[OSM-dev] Rendering of "surface"

[Richard Weait]

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this would be better suited for talk (or another) mailing list.
> Just following a thread that was started here, for good reason.
>
> Sincerely, I am surprised to see that there could be "tension" around
> that proposal.

I have a counter question.  If rendering surface is so important to
some users, why have they not rendered it themselves?  The database is
provided.  The tools are provided.  Even an interested, enthusiastic
and clever community is provided.

Why must the "problem" of rendering surface tags be solved on a
specific rendered layer or service?

Was not OCM first created by a small, interested community, without
"official" support?

Come on.  Do it!  Render surface values.  It will be wonderful and
useful!  I want to see it.  But it isn't high enough on my list of
things to do for myself.