[OSM-talk] Prolification of the amenity tag

bvh bvh-osm at irule.be
Wed Nov 29 17:49:38 GMT 2006


On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 02:14:16PM +0000, 80n wrote:
> Nick
> I hope the number of rules files for renderers does quickly escalate.  There
> needs to be a very different rendering of maps for golf course, ski resorts,
> theme parks, unversity campuses, motor racing circuits, etc, etc.

That is totally unrealistic. We barely can render one version of the
map let alone an escalation of renderers!

> Using mashups is one way of combining the data.  But this is really just a
> hack because there is no easy way of making a fully integrated custom map.
> 
> A mashup cannot (AFAIK) seamlessly merge data from different sources
> together into one unified map.  The OSM approach using a custom rules file
> makes this almost trivial to do.

Why do you think you cannot seamlessly merge data from different sources?

cu bart




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