[Talk-us] OpenStreetMap Americana - Announcing a new American map style and call for collaborators!

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 3:49 PM Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:

> Fantastic. Are files from Wikimedia Commons usable / permissable? Like
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utah_298.svg ?
>

Yes - provided they are public domain or CC0 (as that one is).  The
challenge is styling the shield for appropriate display at 20-40px
(depending on resolution).  This means that for more intricate designs,
it's often necessary to simplify the graphics and remove the black
background fill for a clean, readable shield.  Generally I have taken the
approach of extracting the most recognizable shape of the shield and
styling that for display.  The ones we've completed so far are generally on
the easier end of that spectrum, with less work to convert the graphics
into something easy on the eyes.  So in the Utah case, I would probably
remove the inner detail and background, leaving just the overall beehive
shape for the route marker.
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