Using TileMill to make OpenStreetMap Map Stylesheets

A short time ago TileMill got support for PostGIS data sources. I’m really excited by this as it means you can use TileMill, which is very easy to use, having a gentle learning curve, to construct your own OpenStreetMap stylesheets and see the data being rendered using your style. This is great! e.g. in less than an hour I made this,

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA

Want a map which just shows the drainage network (which you can see from low zooms)? Easy.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA

I’m sure I’ll be publishing lots of new styles in the near future, one of which will be a style designed as an aerial image (NearMap) overlay. Exciting times ahead…

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Thanks

Several weeks ago I crashed on my bike. I would just like to thank those who went out of their way to make sure I was okay, by helping me off the road and offering me a call from your mobile phone. You were truly helpful, thank you.