January 19, 2023
by chris
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As i have explained in the previous blog post i wanted – in light of the situation of name tagging in OpenStreetMap having been stuck for many years now – to try presenting a proof of concept how a solution … Continue reading
January 19, 2023
by chris
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More than five years ago i wrote a blog post here on the problem of name tagging and multilingual names in OpenStreetMap. I want to give an update on the situation from my perspective and reflect a bit on what … Continue reading
January 11, 2023
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I have been working on a number of changes and new features for the Alternative Colors map style (AC-Style) during the past few months (more on that likely in future blog posts) and during that time have also contemplated quite … Continue reading
December 20, 2022
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In the previous blog post i introduced a bit the idea of systematic testing in map design and how my work on that has led – as a byproduct if you want to say so – to the rendering illustrations … Continue reading
December 19, 2022
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This post’s subject is a matter i have been working on for quite some time – the problem of systematic testing in map design. To make clear what this is about i will have to explain a bit the wider … Continue reading
June 5, 2022
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This is part four of a four part series of blog posts on the depiction of trees in maps – see part 1 for a discussion of tree rendering in traditional maps and plans, part 2 for mapping of trees … Continue reading
June 3, 2022
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This is part three of a four part series of blog posts on the depiction of trees in maps – see part one for a discussion of tree rendering in traditional maps and plans and part two for mapping of … Continue reading
June 1, 2022
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This is part two of a four part series of blog posts on the depiction of trees in maps – see part one for a discussion of tree rendering in traditional maps and plans. Tree mapping in OpenStreetMap In OpenStreetMap … Continue reading
May 30, 2022
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I have discussed depiction of forests and woods in maps on this blog in the past. Here i want to cover a related topic: The depiction of individual trees in maps – as well as bushes/shrubs, tree rows and hedges. … Continue reading
May 20, 2022
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It has been more than 4.5 years since i wrote more in depth about OpenStreetMap-Carto, the map style behind the map on openstreetmap.org and in many ways the face of OpenStreetMap. I have been contemplating writing an update on this … Continue reading