In the previous post i mentioned casually that the drawing of roads with round line caps at inner junctions of the road network works also with layered display of roads, i.e. with bridges and tunnels. While that is true in … Continue reading →

This is the first post in a short series i intend to publish on recent changes in road rendering in the Alternative-Colors map style. One of the most fundamental techniques of digital rule based map design since the beginning has … Continue reading →

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 →

In my previous blog post on road rendering in OpenStreetMap based maps i focused on better and more consistent layering of road feature and depiction of additional physical characteristics of roads, in particular the ground unit with rendering, visualization of … Continue reading →