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i still find it very difficult to read. much harder than google's tiles. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.8432&lon=2.356&zoom=14&layers=M http://www.openst

i still find it very difficult to read. much harder than google's tiles. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.8432&lon=2.356&zoom=14&layers=M http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.8432&lon=2.356&... vs https://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.8432,+2.356&hl=en&ll=48.843254,2.361374&spn=0.096028,0.264187&sll=48.839413,2.354679&sspn=0.096035,0.264187&gl=us&t=m&z=13 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=48.8432,+2.356&hl=en&... here's a google cache of an analysis from a while back: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:k2wum-JAzLgJ:geoit.posterous.com/41latitude-google-maps-label-readability+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:k2wum-J...

harry-wood 14y ago
Well that's a matter of cartographic style, which is only small part of what goes into creating a map like this. The nice thing about OpenStreetMap is that it supplies the raw data to enable all manner of map style experimentation, so actually there's lots of different maps powered by OpenStreetMap, some more difficult to read than others. You might find 'MapQuest' style is more pleasing on the eye. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.8432&lon=2.356&zoom=14&layers=Q http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.8432&lon=2.356&... Same data. Different map style. More details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparision_Google_services_-_OSM http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparision_Google_servic...
yellowbkpk 14y ago
Keep in mind that OpenStreetMap is a data project, not a maps.google.com replacement project. There are plenty of other ways to look at OSM data. https://tiles.mapbox.com/newmap https://tiles.mapbox.com/newmap and http://maps.cloudmade.com/editor http://maps.cloudmade.com/editor let you style the data yourself, http://open.mapquest.com/ http://open.mapquest.com/ lets you route and search across it. https://github.com/mapbox/osm-bright https://github.com/mapbox/osm-bright is a good start at building your own style. http://osmbuildings.com/ http://osmbuildings.com/ uses CSS to draw 3D buildings based on OSM data. http://bl.ocks.org/migurski/5130639 http://bl.ocks.org/migurski/5130639 renders it in your browser with WebGL. The tiles shown at openstreetmap.org are meant as a tool for mappers to help with mapping and are not our product.

harry-wood 14y ago

Well that's a matter of cartographic style, which is only small part of what goes into creating a map like this. The nice thing about OpenStreetMap is that it supplies the raw data to enable all manner of map style experimentation, so actually there's lots of different maps powered by OpenStreetMap, some more difficult to read than others. You might find 'MapQuest' style is more pleasing on the eye. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.8432&lon=2.356&zoom=14&layers=Q http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.8432&lon=2.356&... Same data. Different map style. More details here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparision_Google_services_-_OSM http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparision_Google_servic...

yellowbkpk 14y ago

Keep in mind that OpenStreetMap is a data project, not a maps.google.com replacement project. There are plenty of other ways to look at OSM data. https://tiles.mapbox.com/newmap https://tiles.mapbox.com/newmap and http://maps.cloudmade.com/editor http://maps.cloudmade.com/editor let you style the data yourself, http://open.mapquest.com/ http://open.mapquest.com/ lets you route and search across it. https://github.com/mapbox/osm-bright https://github.com/mapbox/osm-bright is a good start at building your own style. http://osmbuildings.com/ http://osmbuildings.com/ uses CSS to draw 3D buildings based on OSM data. http://bl.ocks.org/migurski/5130639 http://bl.ocks.org/migurski/5130639 renders it in your browser with WebGL. The tiles shown at openstreetmap.org are meant as a tool for mappers to help with mapping and are not our product.