May 13, 2020, 00:18 by graemefi...@gmail.com: > One in particular, roads in remote areas - yes, it's a dirt road, connecting > very small centres of population / remote "farms" (if it's still a "farm" > when it's bigger in area than some countries > ‽> ) only, so it "can't" be > important > Dirt road may be highway=trunk if it is the main road of national road system. Muddy road, not even surface=compacted is highway=primary in some region. > so it doesn't appear on OSM till you zoom right in, > is it mistagged as highway=track? Then it is a data issue, not rendering issue. > > but> it's also the > only> "main" road for 1000 k's in any direction, so > you would think that it should be shown at high level zoom? > Is it correctly mapped with proper highway tag? > Same, same with the (OSM) villages / hamlets / remote dwellings that this > road serves. A single building out in the middle of nowhere, in the OSM > universe, is too small & insignificant to be noticed, > but> that pub, with > attached service (gas) station, general store & camping ground, is also the > major point of civilisation for that 1000 k's!, so how important is it in > real life to those people who are travelling through that area? Extremely! > This is sadly a hard to resolve rendering issue. Special purpose rendering of OSM data may be helpful for such areas.
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