[OSM-talk] Yah** imagery

Steve Chilton S.L.Chilton at mdx.ac.uk
Wed Feb 7 14:45:37 GMT 2007


Richard,

Off-topic a bit: Taking up your point about navigation, that is the very
reason why I would normally only buy a road atlas of UK with
Bartholomew-type cartography rather than AA-type cartography, because
the inclusion of layer tints allows one to get a feel for the area
physically whilst still being able to use the detail to navigate.

On OSM front is there any possibility of including relief tiles from the
data you compiled within the slippy map, or as download layer for people
producing custom output - possibly at certain zoom levels, and probably
with suitable amount of colour-washout? Will this impose even more load
on server? Possibly a discussion to defer to proposed cartography
meeting.

PS: what is the "white hole" all about on the Google Map output for the
Lake District that shows in the middle of the green extents of the
National Park (S and E of Wastwater)? Has there been some localised
nuclear disaster perhaps? 

Cheers
STEVE

Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow
Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager
School of Health and Social Sciences
Middlesex University
phone/fax: 020 8411 5355
email: steve8 at mdx.ac.uk

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<snip>

A skilled cartographer should be able to convey the maximum  
information with minimum clutter. For example, discreet hill-shading  
gives a very good impression of the lie of the land without detracting  
from the navigational message at all. (Think something like  
http://www.systemeD.net/stuff/hillshading.jpg , but perhaps faded out  
by a further 50% or so.)

Google's plain grey background, in contrast, can be actively  
detrimental to car navigation. There is no indication that Hardknott  
Pass is any different from any other road.

<snaip>




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