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Re:Using QGIS to apply a 1777 style to today's OpenStreetMap... by widerporst on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @08:45AM (#31247598)
I really don't get it why Google doesn't show forests at >13 zoom. I've read people claim that this makes the map easier to read. But I can't be the only one who orients himself on a map based on boundaries between forests, residential areas, and fields.
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Re:Using QGIS to apply a 1777 style to today's OpenStreetMap... by dylan604 on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @09:48AM (#31248259)
Is there a way to make Goog's turn-by-turn to not be street name based but instead give directions like old timers did using landmark navigation?

At the old farm house, turn left. After going aways down the road, turn right at by the building with the white archways. Take the next left when you get to the statue of the first mayor.

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Re:Using QGIS to apply a 1777 style to today's OpenStreetMap... by marssaxman on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @12:34PM (#31250315)
For full flavor, you'd have to include references to landmarks which no longer exist: "if you pass the vacant lot where the old drugstore used to be, turn around, because you've gone too far."
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Re:Using QGIS to apply a 1777 style to today's OpenStreetMap... by kqr on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @01:48AM (#31257130)
And weird, highly local code names like "Take the chicken leg and then turn left".
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Re:Using QGIS to apply a 1777 style to today's OpenStreetMap... by iggldiggl on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @02:15PM (#31251571)
A bit like https://xkcd.com/461/, you mean?
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Re:Using QGIS to apply a 1777 style to today's OpenStreetMap... by RicoElectrico on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @02:43PM (#31251921)
In OsmAnd it displays forest as green areas in low zoom, then only tree pattern in high zoom.
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