[OSM-dev] Rendering of "surface"

[John Smith]

On 6 June 2011 03:22, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> Why must the "problem" of rendering surface tags be solved on a
> specific rendered layer or service?

The answer is obvious, it's easier to push a small change onto the
main mapnik layer than running their own system.

I'm not sure how much the custom rendering solution will change
things, possibly not much, it'll still be easier to ask someone else
to change their system to render differently.