[OSM-talk] Patch to render names from routes and custom highway shields on a per country basis

[Lennard]

John Smith wrote:

> Ok, another go at solving this, I've been talking to h4ck3rm1k3 about
> this problem some what and we think we might have a workable solution.

Does it need solving? It's been said that the current uniform worldwide 
appearance has its advantages as well.

[skip technical ideas]

> Then all we need is some logic to apply the shield "name" from the
> lookup table to the database after any changesets have been applied to
> the database and bobs your uncle we should now have a scalable
> solution. I hope :)

I suggest you set up your own render farm, and start experimenting and 
working out all the kinks and bugs, and keep it performant at the same 
time. Only when you've achieved that, can we think about migrating this 
to the main mapnik map. Or not, depending on then current views about 
this subject.

-- 
Lennard