[OSM-newbies] Map rendering for print

[James Ewen]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Tony Morris <tonymorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to get a map for printing, so I try to export PNG off
> osm.org however it doesn't have all the tagged nodes and minor ways
> unless I zoom right in and then the map is too detailed. Is there any
> way to achieve this?

Well, my first question to you would be, what is it you are trying to achieve?

I know you want to print out a map. You then state that when you print
out the map, you're missing tagged nodes and minor ways. However, you
then stated that the map is too detailed if you zoom in to see the
tagged nodes and minor ways, and print that out.

If you want detail, then when you print out a map you'll get detail.
If you don't want detail, then when you print out the map, it won't
have detail.

It's pretty hard have it both ways at once. It's a pretty tough task
to print out a map without detail that still shows the details.

If you take a look at a commercially available map, you'll find that
there's most likely a map with low detail level that shows a large
area, and then perhaps a smaller map on the back, or as an insert
which shows a smaller area in higher detail in order to show the minor
roads and such.

That's the funny thing with that paper stuff... there's no zoom in/out
buttons.

Perhaps you're after something totally different.

James
VE6SRV