[OSM-talk] High Cartographic Quality Label Placement on OSM-based Map

[Maxim Rylov]

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce that a new web map based on OSM data has just 
been published. You can see it on http://openmapsurfer.uni-hd.de/ (OSM 
Roads (New) layer).
One thing that greatly distinguishes it from other online maps is the 
quality of map lettering.
We, the researchers the researchers at GIScience Research Group 
<http://giscience.uni-hd.de/> at Heidelberg University, have elaborated 
a comprehensive multi-criteria model for
high cartographic quality label placement and implemented it on top of a 
toolkit for publishing spatial data to the web.
We applied this model to render a map for the globe on lower zoom levels 
(z2-z12).

More information about improvements and updates you can find on our Blog 
page <http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de/>.

PS: Please, take into account that the tile cache for zoom levels 
greater than z12 is empty.

All the best,
Maxim Rylov
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