[OSM-dev] Hello World

[Michal Migurski]

On Oct 12, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Mikel Maron wrote:

> > * Create a new map style intended to be the default face of OSM, but leave the current OSM.org Mapnik style as-is. It works beautifully as an editor's basemap due to the dense inclusion of 
> > all data. Keep it, but add a new one that's for non-editors to look at.
> 
> I'll add here, internationalization of tiles would be a key development. Especially with some of the recent edit wars Korea/Japan/China over island names and possession.

Agreed.

How does a new map style typically graduate to use on OSM.org as an option? I am interested in collaborating on this with someone. A potential issue is that I think this needs to be a high-quality style with some data-processing features that would introduce a rendering delay:

* Generalized and merged dual carriageways for mid-zoom labels,
* City label placements for low-to-mid zooms generated with simulated annealing,
* Route shields based on route relations,
* Merged transit points.

The colors should keep the current blue/green/red/orange/yellow OSM rainbow scheme because it's an important visual indicator, but with sharply reduced saturations so the map has adequate pure-luminance contrast. Fonts should be bigger and easier to read across the board. Abbreviations should be used when available and generated when not.

We're doing some work at Stamen to take our Terrain map worldwide, and we'll be using and documenting a number of these techniques.

-mike.

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