[OSM-talk] OSM map renderer - update

Tom Carden tom at tom-carden.co.uk
Thu Apr 20 12:58:42 BST 2006


On 4/19/06, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
> Round caps are a good solution for the issue under discussion here, but
> it does
> remind me... please, folks, don't use round caps for the ends of cul-de-sacs.
>
> Round caps at the ends of cul-de-sacs are a cartographic 'innovation'
> popularised by Google Maps. No-one else uses them, and with good reason. Not
> only do they not look like maps should (yes, I know, very subjective), they
> tend to imply junctions that aren't there at smaller scales.
>

You'd be in good company here:

http://www.eicher-gis.com/Blog/2006/03/comparing-cartography-of-google-maps_31.html

More:

http://www.eicher-gis.com/Blog/2006/03/comparing-cartography-of-google-maps.html

Best,

Tom.




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