[OSM-talk] Mapnik style in slippy map

[Richard Fairhurst]

Frederik Ramm wrote:

> I object to Richard's notion that tiles at home aims for completeness
> while Mapnik aims for beautiful maps.

Er, I didn't, and wouldn't, actually say that. Osmarender has come on  
in leaps and bounds, and the v5 that Etienne showed off at SOTM is a  
major step forward.

The difference is that Osmarender is essentially a  
whole-community-driven style and therefore will reflect the "complete"  
consensus of participants - who tend to be mappers. The Mapnik layer  
in OSM (not Mapnik per se) has historically been driven by a smaller  
number of people, not all of whom are predominantly mappers, and will  
therefore concentrate on coherence and significance as viewed by those  
people.

Like I say, there's two layers, so no point in having them both do the same.

cheers
Richard