[OSM-dev] New OSM Test Data Repository

[Jochen Topf]

On Mo, Feb 24, 2014 at 03:55:37 +0000, Sven Geggus wrote:
> Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org> wrote:
> 
> > It also depends on what you are testing. If you are testing the OSM XML parser,
> > those cases are valid data that the OSM parser must understand. If you are
> > testing the renderer, it might be different.
> 
> For the renderer it would be nice to have a model village featuring all
> objects in the standard mapnik style.
>
> Apart from this I once set up a testfile for verification of correct
> rendering of riverwidths. Background: I learnt from a cartographer, that
> waterbodies should always be rendered in their real width on the ground.
> 
> Probably also of interest to this database.

For me that's out of scope. I am trying to test software not rendering style
files. But if somebody else wants to tackle this, we can talk about whether it
makes sense to put all of this in the same repository or how we can organize it
best.

Jochen
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