[OSM-dev] Do we need world boundaries for small areas?

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Mon Jun 20 16:52:27 BST 2011


Hi,

On 06/20/11 16:53, Parveen Arora wrote:
>> If you're not rendering any oceans, simply change the map background colour
>> from blue to gray and do away with the shape files.

> Is it only for the oceans or also for the world boundaries that
> doesn't include in any ocean.

I think the shapes also include world boundaries and populated areas, 
but only for the very low zoom levels (like 1-5 or so) which I 
understood you would not use anyway.

Bye
Frederik



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