[Talk-us] A new tracing layer for TIGER 2013

[Paul Johnson]

Between changed and unchanged.


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Eric Fischer <enf at pobox.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the report!
>
> Can you be a little more specific about what you want to show more
> contrast:
>
> * Between TIGER roads and iD or JOSM roads?
> * Between TIGER roads and the aerial imagery?
> * Between TIGER roads and railroads?
> * Between different classes of TIGER roads?
> * Something else?
>
> If you have a screenshot of two things that look alike to you and that
> should be distinguishable, that would be a big help.
>
> I don't think the 2012 TIGER layer uses any color at all, unless the color
> was too subtle for me to see too.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, December 8, 2013, Eric Fischer wrote:
>>
>>> There are only a few colors involved: streets are yellow and railroads
>>> are blue, and both are a little brighter if they have changed since the
>>> 2006 data. Service roads are drawn a little thinner than the rest,
>>> following the example of the 2012 TIGER layer.
>>>
>>
>>  More contrast, please!  I can't tell the difference between the colors.
>>  The change in colors are too subtle to tell apart.  And that's coming from
>> me, I have a JOSM stylesheet that colors maxspeed=* to color the same as
>> JOSM colors GPX for car speeds, and I can tell the difference between 30,
>> 35, 40, and 45 MPH at a glance.
>>
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