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

[Stephan Knauss]

On 12.03.2012 22:05, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> On 03/12/2012 09:18 PM, Stephan Knauss wrote:
>> How would it look if adding highway=motorway,trunk,primary to the
>> rendering? Maybe in light shades of grey?
> All these *are* already on the rendering; the rendering is based on
> plain z9 tiles which are just bitmap reduced. They're just not prominent
> enough.

Ah, you are right. I was looking at level 5. Americas looks as empty as 
south-east asia. If you zoom in far enough you can see the streets.

I feel that this makes us look too much like any random topo map.

The strength of OSM is not in displaying landuse which we typically 
import from somewhere. This rendering is emphasizing the wrong aspect of 
OSM.

Did you create the style by yourself or was it some readymade you could 
reuse?

Stephan