[OSM-dev] Generalisation

[Daniel Koć]

W dniu 16.04.2018 o 11:42, Christoph Hormann pisze:

> There are different definitions of what kind of operations and processes 
> you call "generalization".  

Thanks for showing the examples what can be seen as generalization, this
is quite wide subject:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartographic_generalization

On osm-carto we also use types generalization (like meadow and grassland
shown in the same way), which is very different than the one in the
original message.

> You need to keep in mind that both geometric generalization and lossy 
> vector data compression operations are largely incompatible with the 
> current goals of OSM-Carto:
>
> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/CARTOGRAPHY.md

I don't think this is true. For example making borders simpler increases
clarity, while previous state was creating optical illusions.

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