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[ * Cartographic
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generalization* ] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartographic_generalization ) {:.extlink}
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- is the process turning detailed geographic data into more general data for
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+ is the process of turning detailed geographic data into more general data for
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smaller zoom levels or smaller scale maps. It is essential for generating
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good-looking, easy to interpret, and fast rendering small scale maps.
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- Currently osm2pgsql has almost no built-in support for generalization, usually
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+ Historically osm2pgsql has almost no built-in support for generalization, usually
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it is done using lots of SQL magic after the initial import of the data with
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osm2pgsql. From September 2022 to February 2023 we ran a
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[ project] ( https://prototypefund.de/project/generalisierung-von-openstreetmap-daten-mit-osm2pgsql/ ) {:.extlink}
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some (basic) functionality needed for this project.
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The code is now merged into osm2pgsql master branch but still marked as
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- experimental. See the [ preliminary
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- documentation] ( /doc/manual.html#generalization ) for all the details.
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+ experimental. See the [ documentation] ( /doc/manual.html#generalization ) for all the details.
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Jochen gave a talk (in German) about this project at FOSSGIS 2023:
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[ slides] ( https://media.jochentopf.com/media/2023-03-16-talk-fossgis2023-generalisierung-von-osm-daten-de-slides.pdf ) {:.extlink},
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<div style =" text-align : center ;" >
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<a href =" https://www.bmbf.de/ " ><img src =" bmbf-logo.png " height =" 110 " /></a >
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- <p >September 2022 bis Februar 2023<br />FKZ 01IS22S29</p >
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+ <p >September 2022 to February 2023<br />FKZ 01IS22S29</p >
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</div >
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