[OSM-talk] [Talk-GB] Not-properly-Open-but-called-Open

[Steve Bennett]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Richard Mann <
richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com> wrote:

> But I'd also like there to be an open, straight Mapnik (ie no contour
> overlay and no neat transparent route overlays) cycle-oriented map, to be
> improved by the crowd. (Ditto a public transport map). I think a *few* of
> these would be good for the project, to allow for some crowd rendering, and
> to give a basis for individualistic/variation rendering.
>
>
Would someone mind explaining the differences between the Mapnik rendering
and the OCM rendering? So far we have seen mention of:
- specific stylesheet (duh)
- topographic overlay
- pretty, non-standard rendering of  route relations

What else is there? That route rendering capability would be nice in the
standard mapnik, wouldn't it?

What I'm getting at, is how hard would it be to get to a point where mapnik
could render cycle maps alongside the standard OSM ("car maps"?)? Is there
any prospect of doing this on existing hardware, or would we need more
funding?

I'm just not really aware of how all this magic happens at the moment, would
love it if someone could fill me (and the rest of this thread) in.

Steve
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