[OSM-talk] Large Rivers

[Simone Cortesi]

as you can see here:
http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Browse/?x=2152&y=1471&z=12&layer=tile

I was able to add a large river, still cant get exactly thru on
creating islands on rivers.

but still a good enhancement from last week for me...

thanks everybody,
S.

On 1/28/08, Chris Hill <chillly809 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hmmm, you're right, Mapnik render of riverbank is not as good as I thought.  It would be good to get this sorted out.  waterway tags feels better than natural=water, but that said breaking up the river into arbitrary chucks doesn't feel right either.
> cheers,
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net>
> > To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> > Sent: Monday, 28 January, 2008 1:16:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Large Rivers
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chris Hill"
> > > To: "David Groom" ;
> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:59 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Large Rivers
> > >
> > >
> > > I've use the waterway=riverbank (as described) on the Humber
> > estuary,
> >
>  the
> > > Ouse and the Trent; it works well, including using
> > multipolygon
> >
>  relations
> > > for islands.
> > >
> >
>  http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.7296&lon=-0.6315&zoom=12&layers=0BFT
> > > Rendering in Mapnik is good, but the low-zoom Osmarender does
> > not
> >
>  work.
> > > I'm not sure if this is a problem with the Osmarender definitions
> > or
> >
>  that
> > > the low-zoom for the tile just doesn't get run.
> > > cheers,
> >
> > Chris , are you sure the mapnik rendering is good?  For instance a bit
> > further inland on  the Humber
> >
> > see
> > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.49024&lon=-0.77102&zoom=15&layers=B0FT
> > the rendering is not what you might expect. I think what you are
> > seeing
> >
>  in
> > mapnik is the solid blue fill taken from the original import of the UK
> > coastline data. Whereas the area outlined in blue, but not filled
> > is
> >
>  the
> > rendering of waterway = riverbank.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > >> From: David Groom
> > >> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> > >> Sent: Monday, 28 January, 2008 12:19:06 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Large Rivers
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Simone Cortesi"
> > >> To:
> > >> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 4:20 PM
> > >> Subject: [OSM-talk] Large Rivers
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> > is there anything going on withthe "Large Rivers"
> > proposed
> >
>  feature?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> >
>  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Large_rivers
> > >> >
> > >> > For the time being, how do I tag large water bodies? Like the
> > >> Po
> > >>
> > > river
> > >> > in North Italy or Rhine in Deutschland?
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Create as shown on that page, but tag natural=water to ensure
> > >> it
> > >>
> > > renders in
> > >> mapnik
> > >>
> > >> David
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > Thanks,
> > >> > S.
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > Simone Cortesi
> > >> >
> > >> > All that is gold does not glitter;
> > >> > not all those that wander are lost.
> > >> >           J.R.R. Tolkien
> > >> >
> >
> >
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-- 
Simone Cortesi

All that is gold does not glitter;
not all those that wander are lost.
           J.R.R. Tolkien