[OSM-talk] renaming rendering layers

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/7/21 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> On 21 July 2010 02:02, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
>> Should we continue to name the osm.org tile layers by the renderers
>> they use?  Is overloading the terms mapnik and osmarender as both a
>> tile layer, style file and rendering library confusing?
>
> The reason it is overloaded is to keep it short, but at the same time
> it's partially descriptive, the 2 different pieces of rendering
> software do render differently, I dislike the other suggestions
> because they are too vague, that is of course unless you are
> suggesting we start making different style sheets on a per country
> basis?
>
> Would you prefer "OSM London style using Mapnik" and "OSM Canadian
> style using Osmarender" ?


actually I'd like different styles by country  (with fallback to a
region standard, say per continent or sth. similar) but then not on
separated layers but stitched together as one singular map. You could
have local road colours and ref-markers, local traffic signs and
transportation signs (subway, Busstops etc.). For transportation (or
other) that could even be signs on an individual/network basis.

cheers,
Martin