[OSM-newbies] States with different colour

[Dave F.]

On 22/04/2011 04:54, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
> 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.

But the benefit of a library is you can take out just one book.

> 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.

But those tools use OSM data.

Cheers
Dave F.