[OSM-newbies] How can I know what each level of detail/zoom level contains?

[David ``Smith'']

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Afriza N. Arief <afriza.na at gmail.com> wrote:
> To get started, I was hoping there is an existing table or guideline on
> which should be drawn. Based on the result maybe some adjustments need to be
> applied, but first, it will be helpful to have existing info on that.

Here's the stylesheet used for the Mapnik-flavor slippy map on OSM's website:
<http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/applications/rendering/mapnik/osm.xml>
It may seem really hard to read at first, but eventually you may find
it just moderately hard to read.  That file tells the Mapnik renderer
how to draw various features, and at what zoom levels to draw them.

The Osmarender-flavor slippy map uses a stylesheet broken into several
files by zoom level.  They can be browsed here:
<http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/applications/rendering/osmarender/stylesheets>

If you can make sense of those, then you've got a good starting point
for your zoom/detail decisions.

-- 
David "Smith"
a.k.a. Vid the Kid
a.k.a. Bír'd'in

Does this font make me look fat?