[Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Slippy map - Mapnik layer UK coastlines

[David Groom]

originally posted on talk, moved to talk-gb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Whitelegg" <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>
To: <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Slippy map - Mapnik layer UK coastlines


> >It seems that the UK coastline is beginning to render better in the
> Mapnik
>>layer of the slippy map (it's a solid blue fill, rather than the odd
> shaped
>>grey polygons).
>
>>However it does appear that the source for the coastline might be a
> rather
>>out of date planet file.
>
> I think it would be as well to update the shapefile on a regular basis
> (maybe this is being done already). For instance near Warsash (Hampshire)
> a coastal footpath disappears into the water. This is because some
> lagoon-like salt marsh lakes (is that the right word?) are treated as open
> sea rather than inland lakes - so things like this will need correcting.
>
> Nick
>

Anyone familiar with the area could move the coastline nodes in JOSM with 
the help of the Landsat overlay, so at least the Osmarender layer will be 
correct .

David