[OSM-newbies] States with different colour

[Dave F.]

On 22/04/2011 23:45, Serge Wroclawski wrote:
> 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.

You appear to be forgetting that this is the newbie forum.
Just saying there are better ways without giving further help, isn't 
very helpful.

Please explain why you think extracting defined data from an XML 
database is cumbersome.
If the tools you stated can do it, then it can't be that difficult.

Stating that "That is using OSM for this is a bit of overkill" is, well, 
wrong and, considering this is the newbie forum, counter productive by 
putting off those newbies from contributing to OSM.


Dave F.