[OSM-talk] Tagging FOR the renderer

[Rob Nickerson]

>when a mapper invents something new, they can add tags for
>colour, opacity, line colour, line width, line opacity - for areas and
>similar attributes for lines and points (colour, opacity, size etc.) and
>obviously tags for name and description etc. What do people think to this ?
>

The people behind the default map render have put a lot of work in to
trying to develop a map style which works well for the average OSM mapper.
To have anyone come along and add their own styling for any map feature
they like would be chaos. We'd end up in a map style edit war!! Also even
if a mapper found a style and colour that worked for the default
OpenStreetMap render, it wouldn't work with other map styles (Humanitarian,
MapQuest, etc..).

I know you'd love to have a map that renders everything but you will not
get that from OpenStreetMap. As all the data is available there is nothing
to stop you setting up your own map renderer and doing as you please
(although good luck making it look anything other than a mess).

I'm sure folks will be happy to point you in the direction of guides for
setting that up. Perhaps look at MapBox Studio first.

Regards,
Rob
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