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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/7/4 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>

> On 07/04/2013 02:00 AM, Tirkon wrote:
>
>> I am not sure: Do you want to replace rhe lowzoom levels at osm.org?
>>
>
> I think the lowzoom levels at osm.org look very bland and my approach
> attempts to fix that




I partly agree (have thought that for a long time, but somehow got used to
the status quo in the meantime). I believe they come from an era in OSM
when we were still proud to have some country boundaries and the coastline
(what we now take mostly for granted).



> , trying not to be a cartographically solid map (for that, MapQuest has
> done an excellent job I think) but instead highlighting where OSM has data
> and where it hasn't.
>


yes, that's what makes them interesting, it is somehow osmarender lowzoom
2.0 ;-) (btw.: MapQuest seems to use a handmade map for really low zooms:
1-3)




> I don't have a particular agenda about replacing the lowzoom tiles on
> osm.org; if someone wants me to install my process on the OSM tile server
> I can do that but if most people are happy with what we've got then I have
> no problem with that.



maybe we could have both? In the end low zoom tiles don't require so much
disk space and won't have to be updated very often.

cheers,
Martin
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