[OSM-talk] Cartography meetup

Nick Whitelegg Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk
Tue Feb 6 08:17:49 GMT 2007


>I think it would be neat for the people who defined the map styles, the
>people who run the tile render machinery, and some Real Cartographers to
>sit down and improve the cartography of our maps.

>Lots has been done, but I think there's some room for improvement.

>I would suggest that we meet (in Oxford?) for a day. I think if we
>structure a day around each zoom level and what to show and how to show
>it we could achieve some kick-ass cartography.

Sounds good - as I do rendering with Freemap, I would be interested in 
this. Incidentally is there any scope for the Freemap maps being 
integrated into the main OSM viewer, perhaps as an option? I say as an 
option as I use OSGB projection, as it makes a number of things a lot 
easier.

Nick






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