[OSM-talk] Extra zoom level needed?

[Igor Brejc]

Hi,

Let me just add one note to John's comments about Maperitive: it already
"out of the box" supports 19 zoom levels, but you can modify the
configuration and set the max zoom to a higher level:
http://maperitive.net/docs/manual/Advanced_Configuration.html

<http://maperitive.net/docs/manual/Advanced_Configuration.html>Igor

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:18 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have a look at Maperitive.  Because the processing is done on the local
> machine it gives you much more control.  I've been playing with .bat files,
> you can run them from a desktop icon, to select some POIs and display them
> but not others.  Being in Canada I also use the technique to switch the
> display language, only works where the name:fr is available.
>
> The other thing you can do is render from a local file so no internet
> connection is required.  You do have to change the rules to point to local
> icons though.
>
> Cheerio John,


>
> On 17 May 2010 12:44, pavithran <pavithran.s at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17 May 2010 17:32, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > Now a lot of places are full of pro-mappers, we are doing house numbers,
>> > shops, football pitch lines...
>> > Do we need an extra zoom level?
>>
>> YES and I was thinking of posting about it but waited because I want
>> to learn about simple tiles generation for small area using osmarender
>> (where I could set my own zoom level and was suggested by amm at diary
>> http://bit.ly/8Z6ieY ) . Openstreetmap could enrich the map experience
>> like never before, now that some experienced mappers have started
>> mapping shops inside a shopping mall .
>>
>> It definitely makes mapping easy in developing areas where most of the
>> shops are situated side by side in a small area which is in contrast
>> to UK/european shops which occupy large areas .
>>
>> Here is a small Tale of two shops : One nice lane in a bazaar of a
>> small town I found two bakeries . One lies almost opposite to other .
>> The nice bakery is called 'Taj bakery'  other one is 'Golden Bakery '
>> Mapnik in a lower zoom level shows it as Golden bakery . I actually
>> zoomed to a higher zoom level witha hope to see both bakeries .
>> Unfortunately it could show only golden bakery :( Seeing it with data
>> only shows the POI .  I stopped mapping all the bazaars because Indian
>> streets unfortunately are constructed as bazaars with sometimes
>> collection of similar selling item. And I am forced to NOT map
>> selectively some shop when I am mapping those bazaars . Selecting some
>> shop as important and some shop as not important is very daunting task
>> :(  Higher population areas have close knit shops I am wondering why
>> someone has not demanded for detailed mapping in those areas.
>>
>> Coming to extra processing power & bandwidth  I think its time to move
>> ahead . I think that atleast osmarender which has a lower zoom level
>> when compared to mapnik and should immediately set to mapnik  zoom
>> level ( just a matter of personal liking towards osmarender )
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> pavithran sakamuri
>> http://look-pavi.blogspot.com
>>
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