[OSM-talk] Recent (last few weeks) T at H render changes

[80n]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:

> 80n wrote:
> > Alex
> > I've made some changes to the lowzoom stylesheet and done some test
> > rendering.
> >
> > A small vertical strip in the middle of this tile has been re-rendered
> > with the new stylesheet:
> > http://b.tah.openstreetmap.org/Tiles/tile/8/67/98.png (south-west of
> > Cincinnati if you want to look at closer on a slippy map).
> >
> > I've made the following changes:
> > 1) State borders are thicker
> > 2) Secondary roads are narrower and the colour saturation has been
> reduced
> > 3) Railway lines are a little blacker.
> >
>
> State borders are definitely an improvement.
>
> I'm not sure about the secondary roads.  At zoom 8, the previous render
> looks good, but it gets overwhelming once zoomed out a bit. (starting
> around zoom 6 I guess?)  Maybe just the narrowing, without touching the
> color would be better?  Or maybe less reduction of the saturation.
>

The new style hasn't been re-rendered for zoom 6.  Only zoom 8 through zoom
11 are different.  Lower zoom levels will bubble up (down?) in due course.



>
> Railway lines are a big improvement, but should probably be a touch
> darker yet..  (IMO their visibility should be just below that of primary
> roads; they're currently just below secondary in visibility.)
>

I'll try another couple of clicks on the dial, but I don't want to over egg
it.



>
> -Alex Mauer "hawke"
>
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