[Talk-GB] Map styles (was: What is a residential area?)

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Wed May 8 10:39:58 UTC 2019


https://mc.bbbike.org/mc/ <https://mc.bbbike.org/mc/>
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/ <http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/>
http://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/ <http://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/>
are useful for comparing many map styles (many of them, but not all, are OSM based)


8 May 2019, 12:14 by sophietheopossum at yandex.com:

>
> hmm... point taken. I do want to try making custom maps in the      future that I'll probably base off of carto, so maybe I'll have a      better grasp when I start that project
>
> On 5/8/19 10:43 AM, Mateusz Konieczny      wrote:
>
>> It depends on a map. For OSM        Carto (current default map style at
>> the OSM Main site) one may        look at source code - for example
>> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/amenity-points.mss#L43 <https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/amenity-points.mss#L43>
>>
>> For other files see >> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto <https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto>
>>
>>
>> 8 May 2019, 03:18 by >> sophietheopossum at yandex.com <mailto:sophietheopossum at yandex.com>>> :
>>
>>> is there any articles on          what does/doesn't get used on particular zoom levels? just          figure it wouldn't hurt to double check my general          understanding
>>>
>>> On 5/7/19 1:21 PM, Russ          Garrett wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 7 May 2019 at            12:40, Martin Wynne <>>>> martin at templot.com <mailto:martin at templot.com>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't know anyone who              would say "I see a residential area". Or "I see
>>>>> a plot of land with              planning class C3 or C4".
>>>>>
>>>> From a zoomed-out            perspective, landuse= (and natural=) is the main
>>>> thing you see on the map            (especially if buildings aren't mapped), so I
>>>> think it's pretty useful            from a cartographic point of view. It's not
>>>> just about what you see on            the ground, but how you can turn that into
>>>> a useful map when you're            looking at a large area.
>>>>
>>>> There are still chunks of            the UK which look empty at medium zoom
>>>> levels (e.g. >>>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/50.4437/-4.8581 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/50.4437/-4.8581>>>>> )
>>>> due to lack of landuse            mapping.
>>>>
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