[OSM-newbies] Map rendering for print

[Tony Morris]

Sorry, I was very unclear.

Consider
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-22.26955&lon=166.45939&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF

There are nodes in this map that are marked e.g. church, tourist
destination, etc. However, I cannot see them unless I zoom further, but
I'd like to have that detail without having to zoom. It seems I can have
very fine detail at the expense of coarse detail and vice versa. I'd
like both.


James Ewen wrote:
> 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
>
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