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Could someone lend a hand and tell me where can I find OSM Carto tiles legend? As in colors for different tag combinations? I am trying to build something that

Could someone lend a hand and tell me where can I find OSM Carto tiles legend? As in colors for different tag combinations? I am trying to build something that requires a custom legend.

lgeorget 7y ago
There's a page dedicated to the current OSM Key on their wiki https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Standard_tile_layer/Key https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Standard_tile_layer/Key. Is it what you're looking for? Apart from that, the page for each tag will show the corresponding marker or colorcode in the OSM theme.
- nearmuse 7y ago
  Thanks, something like that (I have seen that page though), but in a script form (which I didn't find so far). I certainly would not want to have to render a bogus map myself to extract similar images. Maybe I will just scrape it out of the page.
  - lgeorget 7y ago
    I'm not sure what you mean by "in a script form". In any case, the "authoritative" source of the template served by time.openstreetmap.org is this GitHub: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
    - nearmuse 7y ago
      In script form=a script that generates a list of tiles with localised terrain names, given a list of tag combinations as on the page you mentioned earlier. I probably have to look better around their repos. Both links you have given so far have already proven useful elsewhere. Maybe I just have to render a map with a bunch of squares and make them into tiles. Thanks anyway!
Doctor_Fegg 7y ago
Out of interest, do non-British English readers understand "Map key" as a synonym for "Legend"? I've always called it a "key" (as a British English speaker) but Americans often don't seem to understand this.
- frosted-flakes 7y ago
  Yes, I am Canadian and that usage seems quite natural to me.
- pwg 7y ago
  American here, I've heard both "Map Key" (or just key) and "Legend" used interchangeably for map Keys/Legends for as long as I can recall. So I suppose there's more to it than just American vs. British English.
- rhapsodic 7y ago
  Be that as it may, but REM's "Maps and Legends" is a great song.
- nearmuse 7y ago
  It's legend for me. Map key might sound more self-explanatory for an English speaker who is not into maps though.
- brewdad 7y ago
  Legend is the more common usage in the US in my experience. Map key, like car park, seems a bit more awkward to American ears but is self-explanatory and obvious in it's meaning.

Could someone lend a hand and tell me where can I find OSM Carto tiles legend? As in colors for different tag combinations? I am trying to build something that requires a custom legend.

lgeorget 7y ago

There's a page dedicated to the current OSM Key on their wiki https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Standard_tile_layer/Key https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Standard_tile_layer/Key. Is it what you're looking for? Apart from that, the page for each tag will show the corresponding marker or colorcode in the OSM theme.

nearmuse 7y ago
Thanks, something like that (I have seen that page though), but in a script form (which I didn't find so far). I certainly would not want to have to render a bogus map myself to extract similar images. Maybe I will just scrape it out of the page.
- lgeorget 7y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean by "in a script form". In any case, the "authoritative" source of the template served by time.openstreetmap.org is this GitHub: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto
  - nearmuse 7y ago
    In script form=a script that generates a list of tiles with localised terrain names, given a list of tag combinations as on the page you mentioned earlier. I probably have to look better around their repos. Both links you have given so far have already proven useful elsewhere. Maybe I just have to render a map with a bunch of squares and make them into tiles. Thanks anyway!

Doctor_Fegg 7y ago

Out of interest, do non-British English readers understand "Map key" as a synonym for "Legend"? I've always called it a "key" (as a British English speaker) but Americans often don't seem to understand this.

frosted-flakes 7y ago
Yes, I am Canadian and that usage seems quite natural to me.
pwg 7y ago
American here, I've heard both "Map Key" (or just key) and "Legend" used interchangeably for map Keys/Legends for as long as I can recall. So I suppose there's more to it than just American vs. British English.
rhapsodic 7y ago
Be that as it may, but REM's "Maps and Legends" is a great song.
nearmuse 7y ago
It's legend for me. Map key might sound more self-explanatory for an English speaker who is not into maps though.
brewdad 7y ago
Legend is the more common usage in the US in my experience. Map key, like car park, seems a bit more awkward to American ears but is self-explanatory and obvious in it's meaning.