I recently worked on a number of map design matters in my OSM-Carto derivative, which i have not discussed here on the blog yet. Much of this is related to point symbols, with – so far – a thematic focus … Continue reading →

Since the previous two blog posts are already quite lengthy as is, i am going to do the overall discussion in a separate post here. I discussed the situation of road rendering in OSM based maps in general already in … Continue reading →

In the previous post i explained one of the main design issues of road depiction in OpenStreetMap based maps and identified the most viable approach to address this. Here i want to demonstrate and explain how this can be practically … Continue reading →

When discussing the rendering of roads in detail 3.5 years ago i showed how OpenStreetMap-Carto uses the different options offered by CartoCSS and Mapnik to draw the road network in a consistent fashion but, ultimately, still falls short of this … Continue reading →

While working on the rendering of parking features that i discussed in the previous post i also came to implement some features and address some problems that are not strictly about parking but design wise related. And those i want … Continue reading →

In the previous post i introduced the basic concepts of how parking infrastructure is mapped in OpenStreetMap and how this is so far shown in most maps. I also discussed that there is an extensive spectrum of secondary tags used … Continue reading →