[OSM-newbies] States with different colour

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
> On 21/04/2011 19:17, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
>>
>> That is using OSM for this is a bit of overkill.
>
> Why?

If your need is a map that has states in different colors, either as a
standalone map or as a tileset, then using OSM is like throwing a
library at a problem where you only need a pamplet of information.

If you need a simple map, you could use QGis to make it. If you need a
slippymap, you could use Tilemill, and for something else, maybe use
GeoCommons.

The state borders are a tiny bit of information in a sea; there are
just easier/better ways to render a continental US map showing just
the state borders than using the data from OSM.

- Serge