[Tilesathome] Feature request: NoName highlighting in Osmarender map

Sebastian Spaeth sebastian at sspaeth.de
Thu Dec 18 19:08:19 GMT 2008


Ed Avis wrote:
> Matthias Julius <lists <at> julius-net.net> writes:
> 
>> I would say, instead of showing debug information on the standard tile
>> layer you should request to change the maplint rules to have maplint
>> highlight the issues.
> 
> I think it depends on what the purpose of the Osmarender map is.  I thought that
> the 'standard' OSM map is the Mapnik one, while Osmarender (which is faster to
> update and tends to show more information, but is less aesthetically pleasing)
> is a kind of debugging aid for people to see their changes quickly.  In that
> case it would make some sense to highlight unnamed streets, if done in a
> relatively unobtrusive way that doesn't affect other map usage.

The astethetic is in the eye of the beholder. While it is true that
osmarender shows more than mapnik, some prefer the osmarender look and
use it as their regular map. I would oppose (by reverting commits :-))
making osmarender show debug information.





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