[OSM-talk] [OSM-dev] New tile rendering (Live Worldwide)

Alex Barth alex at mapbox.com
Tue Aug 6 01:12:12 UTC 2013


This is amazing.

Fantastic work!


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Grant Slater <openstreetmap at firefishy.com>wrote:

> Hi OpenStreetMappers,
>
> The default OpenStreetMap.org "standard" map was switched across to a
> new rendering server setup over the last weekend.
>
> In addition to new hardware, the rendering server also uses the new
> “openstreetmap-carto” stylesheet. This is a complete re-write of the
> old XML stylesheet to use CartoCSS, making it easier for our
> cartographers to work with. The style is designed to look as similar
> as possible to the old XML stylesheet.
>
> Andy Allan presented a great talk at State of the Map US conference
> describing the reasons for re-writing the stylesheet:
>
> http://stateofthemap.us/saturday.html#schedule/saturday/putting-the-carto-into-openstreetmap-cartography
> Andy will present a follow-up at State of the Map next month.
> http://2013.stateofthemap.org/
>
> The "openstreetmap-carto" stylesheet is maintained here:
> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
> The "openstreetmap-carto" is a good base for creating custom styles,
> and should be much easier to work with. If you want to help improve
> the style, or add new features, please fork it and contribute pull
> requests!
>
> Please support OSM’s server hardware fundraising drive:
> http://donate.openstreetmap.org/server2013/
>
> Kind regards
>  Grant Slater
>  Part of the OSM Sysadmin Team
>
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