[OSM-talk] Some observations from a newcomer

[Tom Chance]

Ahoy,

On Wednesday 11 October 2006 20:54, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> I have learned that it is much better to use osmarender to look at the
> areas I just mapped. Disadvantage: Segments are not enough, you need to
> create and tag ways at first.

You can make segments and nodes show up with osmarender. See the second tip:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmarender/Tips#Adjusting_the_whole_map



> > - A question: I've got a railway going over a bridge over a road, but
> > it shows up going under. How do I force the railway bridge to be an
> > over-bridge? And can I, with the railway as a single Way, put it over
> > one road and under the next one it crosses?
>
> AFICT osmarender currently simply puts major roads over minor roads,
> ignoring any level tagging. But there have been some ideas about
> tagging such things recently. Search the list archives (are there
> any?!?).

I asked about this recently. You need to create a new way for the bridge and 
add the tag "layer=1", then it will be rendered over the road. You can have 
layers from (far underground) -5 to 0 (default, groundlevel) and 5 (somewhere 
in the heavens).


> > - Why does osmarender do trunk roads in red and primaries in green?
> > This is the reverse of the convention usually used in the UK. Maybe
> > other countries are different.
>
> I bet you can tweak it via the stylesheet.

Just open osm-map-features.xml and switch the colours. I've done that already 
because I prefer A roads to be red and trunks to be green as well :) See, for 
example, this: 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Uk_stalbans_status.png


Regards,
Tom


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