[OSM-talk] Map key

[nebulon42]

There are some discussions already going on about this topic:
https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1268

There is this wiki page:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Standard_tile_layer

Ultimately, an automatic solution would be preferable:
e.g. https://github.com/gravitystorm/mapnik-legendary

As for adjusting the map key right now, please note that there is a 
major roads redesign coming up, so I would suggest waiting until that 
has been rolled out to avoid duplicating effort. I don't know an ETA of 
this change on the tile servers yet as it is a quite major change. 
Others may be able to comment on that.

nebulon42

Am 2015-10-16 um 23:03 schrieb Andrew Hain:
> I am having a look at the map key for the standard layer and I am finding a
> number of loose ends.
>
> One obvious issue is that the key is sometimes out of date: for instance it
> distinguishes between forest and wood but the style sheet no longer does so.
>
> The key talks about trunk, primary and secondary roads but this is just OSM
> database keywords left exposed; these words have local meanings in some
> countries that OSM differs from. It might be better to have an entry for
> main roads using as many colours as are displayed at the zoom level in a
> single row, which among other things saves space on mobile devices.
>
> We also have an opportunity to add some more entries for further features
> and to sort important stuff to the top.
>
> --
> Andrew
>
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