[OSM-newbies] States with different colour

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
> 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.

I'm just suggesting that there are easier ways to do what you want;
it's your choice what tools you want to use on your own maps.

>> 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.

There are way easier ways to get state borders than extracting them out of OSM.

Good luck with your map.

- Serge