[Tilesathome] More features

[80n]

David
I've just checked in some update rules files that should address most of
your requests.  I've done a test render of parts of Cambridge so you should
be able to see the effect immediately.

80n

On 6/5/07, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:
>
> It's really nice to see that cinemas and theatres have started appearing,
> with their names, in tiles at home generated osmarender.
>
> Please can a repeat my plea for the following to be rendered also:
>
> Areas: amenity=school/college/university areas, perhaps in a mauve colour
> (all zoom levels at which landuse is already rendered)
>
> Nodes:
> - amenity=school/college/university/supermarket/library nodes, with icon
> and
> name (zoom 17 only)
> - traffic signals (icon only, highest zoom only - we already do mini
> roundabouts)
> - amenity=doctors/pharmacy (icons and names, zoom 17 only)
> - man_made=windmill (icon, at same zooms as churches)
>
> Names:
> - church and mosque names (icons are already there; names only at zoom 17)
> - parking node names (at zoom 17 only)
> - post_office names (zoom 17 only)
> - hospital names (zoom 15 upwards?)
>
> I really don't think these things will lead to a substantially more
> crowded
> map, though it may be busier. A lot of them (especially the
> schools/colleges/universities) will be in blank areas (since that's why
> they
> are blank). And if insignificant things like post boxes are shown, it
> seems
> odd to omit major items like schools, libraries, supermarkets. Schools
> colleges and universities are probably 20% of landuse in Cambridge.
>
> On the other hand, I think the size of icons for recycling, fuel and
> parking
> (at z17) could be reduced, and also the type size for suburbs.
>
> Also, I notice the type size for tertiary highway is less than residential
> and unclassified. Could these be brought in line with tertiary (we get
> more
> of the name visible on short streets if it is smaller, and the tertiary
> ones
> show it is perfectly readable).
>
> I think there's a strong case for putting the name of any named node on
> the
> map at z17, with a little bullet icon or some such, if it isn't something
> already rendered in some other way.
>
> David
>
>
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