[Talk-us] National Park Boundaries

[Ted Mielczarek]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Zeke Farwell <ezekielf at gmail.com> wrote:

> The thing about the several renderers we currently have is that they can't
> be expected to take every possible mapped feature into account.  The map
> would just get too cluttered.  I think for a general street map (the Mapnik
> layer)  one color for all types of protected/conservation designated land is
> fine.  Borders between different land designations should be shown as well.
>  It seems to me that national/state parks are often surrounded by
> national/state forest, but the opposite is not often true.  Probably parks
> should be rendered above forests, or better yet render them with
> transparency above forests so the borders of both can be seen.  Of course I
> don't know who is in charge of the renderers so I can't really change the
> way it's currently done.
>

I strongly agree that we should not try to have Mapnik render everything
possible, or make distinctions like this. I think the goal of the mapnik
layer should be to make a *nice looking map*, even if it omits some data. If
all "green space" were the same shade of green that would be just fine with
me. If you want a more precise map, make your own render!

-Ted
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