[OSM-talk] Mapnik Lowzoom TIles - proof of concept

[Joakim Fors]

On 12 mar 2012, at 11:22, Frederik Ramm wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 03/12/12 10:21, Erik Johansson wrote:
>> I'm guessing most of the terrain pixels are Corine Land cover? The
>> only problem I have with this is that it will make the Corine import
>> go faster in all those white areas.
> 
> Yes, that must not be encouraged. I think that if we make roads more prominent, then the non-landcover areas will look better.
> 

It would be nice if landuse (forest etc) were _much_ less prominent on the default Mapnik layer. Really hard to see even major roads at low zoom if they go through a forest area as it is now. It's even a bit difficult at high zooms. :)

Ex: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=63.412&lon=22.659&zoom=10&layers=M

I think Hike & Bike Map has better, more muted, colors for landuse: http://hikebikemap.de/?zoom=10&lat=63.412&lon=22.659&layers=B0000FFFFF

/Joakim