[Tagging] Tags versus Maps

[Steve Bennett]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Robert Elsenaar <robert at elsenaar.info> wrote:
> My name is ZMWandelaar (GB: SundayAfternoonHiker) and living in the
> Netherlands. I’m starting May of this year. Quit active and wondering if
> there is some documentation about tags rendered on particular maps? Starting
> on the OSM Base Map what tags are displayed?

Good question - not sure if there is a simple answer. If you look here:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Stevage/tagsupport

Any tag that has an 'M' means it's recognised by Mapnik's default tag
set, so is probably shown in OSM's "base map" - if I get what you
mean.

Steve