[OSM-dev] Status of the Mapnik stylesheets

[SomeoneElse]

Paweł Paprota wrote:
> On 11/15/2012 09:46 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>>
>> Whether or not we use git or svn for the Mapnik stylesheet is a 
>> question,
>> but not one which I think will have much bearing on the willingness of
>> people with cartography nous to contribute. More important are:
>>
>> - moving from something that cartographers can't understand (XML) to
>> something they might be able to (CSS)
>> - reducing the need for an industrial rendering stack to test 
>> changes, and
>> instead being able to prototype on the desktop or via the web
>>
>
> Would that be something to help with? Especially the second part looks 
> like it may help - kind of a playground area with the current 
> rendering stack available + some simple UI to try out changes, perhaps 
> even use it as a pastebin - you can show people your changes etc.

Well, the "switch2osm" site exists (thanks Richard), but it doesn't 
include a  "how do I fiddle about with a style to render the sort of 
things that I'm interested in" or more importantly "how do I get those 
in the rendering database in the first place".  There are the usual bits 
and pieces on the wiki and various other sites, but nothing that draws 
it together.

The thing that I was trying to have a stab at England and Wales 
"designation" rendering, a bit like this question:

http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=19032

However, after a lot of buggering about it had stopped raining, so I 
went back outside (where mkgmap-based Garmin maps, with muppet-proof 
style file support, can render absolutely any OSM feature without 
problems!).

Cheers,
Andy