--- title: The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap | daily.dev description: This post discusses various map design projects in and around OpenStreetMap, including the influence of commercial OSM-based maps on contemporary map design.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-current-state-of-map-design-in-openstreetmap-a81iscxip twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses various map design projects in and around OpenStreetMap, including the influence of commercial OSM-based maps on contemporary map design.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-current-state-of-map-design-in-openstreetmap-a81iscxip og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A81iscxIp.png og:image:alt: The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 12 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post discusses various map design projects in and around OpenStreetMap, including the influence of commercial OSM-based maps on contemporary map design. It also highlights the limitations and flaws in current rendering engines and styling languages for map design in OpenStreetMap. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#gis](https://daily.dev/tags/gis) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-current-state-of-map-design-in-openstreetmap-a81iscxip) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-current-state-of-map-design-in-openstreetmap-a81iscxip","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-current-state-of-map-design-in-openstreetmap-a81iscxip"},"datePublished":"2024-04-20T17:37:30.612Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:09:48.658Z","description":"This post discusses various map design projects in and around OpenStreetMap, including the influence of commercial OSM-based maps on contemporary map design....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/271cb8fccf80998229ddc43a050aa510?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/271cb8fccf80998229ddc43a050aa510?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-current-state-of-map-design-in-openstreetmap-a81iscxip","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"gis","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap"}]} ```