[OSM-talk] New: A black&white base layer

[Maarten Deen]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:10:55 +0100, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org>
wrote:
> This should be a featured image. I mean, really.

If you put the glitter on roads only then it looks just like busy
traffic ;)
Connect it with traffic information and you'll get a visual traffic
monitor.

Cool stuff!

Maarten

> On Nov 2, 2010, at 11:47 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday 02 November 2010 20:32:15 Kay Drangmeister wrote:
>>> After lots of discussions about how layered maps could be made more user
>>> friendly, here's an easy fix: a desaturated mapnik base layer.
>>
>> Desaturated? Black & white? That's your idea of user-friendly??
>>
>>
>> Everyone knows that user-friendlyness can only be achieved by overuse of Comic
>> Sans and, if that's not available, then rainbows, unicorns, sparkles and
>> glitter. Lots of glitter.
>>
>> In the name of all that is cheerful and full of colour, I curse you,
>> desaturation! Come to me, gods of colour, and save the day!!
>>
>>
>> http://ivan.sanchezortega.es/glittermap/