[OSM-newbies] layers in OSM?

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Xan

> But, why don't you integrate the layers in OSM web page? Now we could choose
> Mapnik, Osmarender, ... why not put another possibility: "choose layer".
> Yeah!, I know it's a littble bit work (!) to do but it could be cool!. Very
> cool and (I think) useful....
>
> Perhaps in talk-devel? ;-)

Xan,

You're right that this probably beyond the scope of the newbies list,
but let me ask you a question:

What is your use case?

If your use case is that what you want is a rendered layer for
displaying as a base map, that's a different matter then, say, wanting
a "layer" to be converted into a Shapefile and then imported into
another tool, and is yet distinct from "I just want to look at one
attribute in order to edit it" and is still yet distinct from "This
would be really cool".

These are each different and I'd handle them differently, so knowing
what you're looking for will help all of us answer the question (even
if we stay on this list to do it).

- Serge