August 30, 2018
by chris
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Area fill patterns and their application in cartography are a topic i have written about previously already – when we are talking about simple uniform patterns some of the most important advantages in practical use are you can differentiate areas … Continue reading
August 16, 2018
by chris
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I had already indicated this when writing about woodland patterns – there is a new version of the jsdotpattern pattern generator available. In this I completely redesigned the symbol selector. This now allows combining arbitrary symbols into sets to be … Continue reading
August 15, 2018
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Another post from my series on OpenStreetMap map design – this one is about rendering implicit embankments and cuttings. Embankments in OpenStreetMap are artificial slopes created mostly to provide a level base for construction of a road or railway or … Continue reading
August 11, 2018
by chris
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Once upon a time, a few years ago, there was a startup company called what3words that tried (and apparently still tries) to make money out of selling an address system based on encoding geographic coordinates into a string. To anyone … Continue reading
August 4, 2018
by chris
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After my initial report on the SotM conference in Milano there are a few things i would like to discuss in more depth. The first one is the vector tiles on osm.org topic. A bit of background first: The term … Continue reading
August 3, 2018
by chris
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I have returned from Milano (from a warm northern Italy to a similarly warm southern Germany) and completed viewing most of the talks i missed at the conference that were recorded and that i did not get around attending. Based … Continue reading