[OSM-talk] create a rendering test zone somewhere on the planet ?

[Florian Loitsch]

On Tuesday 04 March 2008 14:14:15 Pieren Pieren wrote:
> What do you think about this idea :
> - select two or three small islands somewhere on the planet, but really in
> the middle of 'nowhere', means no humans, no constructions, absolutely
> nothing.
> - call these islands 'mapnik', 'osmarender', etc...
> - add them in a dedicated wikipage with appropriate links to point them on
> the browser
> - then put as much as you want existing nodes, ways, relations and tag them
> as specified as the 'recommended by the map features' and supported by this
> renderer
I would prefer not to add wrong information to OSM. rather provide an 
additional samples.osm file with associated mapnik server.
>
> e.g. intersections, with bridges, tunnels or directly connected;
> multipolygons relations; buildings; places; admin_levels; large rivers;
> canal; etc...
I would rather prefer to have example-locations for these tags. Currently we 
can see how the tags are going to be rendered, but we do not have links to 
see them in action.
I would really like to see some good (some easy, some difficult) examples for 
each tag. Maybe competent mappers could post some URLs here, and after 
approval add them to the map-features site.
>
> This would :
> - give an idea for beginners how the tags are rendered at the different
> zoom levels directly on the maps
this should link to live examples (as described before).

> - show what is currently supported by the current rendering softwares.
> - avoid that many people perform the same kind of tests locally
> - be used as a test area for renderers developers
these should not happen on live-osm data, but on a separate server and more 
importantly separate data.
// florian
>
> Pieren