I'm curious if there are any style guidelines for the OSM shapefiles... Seems like it would be an extremely useful addition to the shapefiles themselves if there was a project or demo class to automatically style the shapefile to match (within reason) what's visible on the OSM tiles.
I've begun to look into it myself, but getting the labels, colors, zoom levels, etc. set up correctly is proving to be a very time-consuming task. (I realize, of course, that it would be this way for anyone who attempted it...)
So, just curious if this has been done anywhere and I've missed it? Or if there's a listing of built-in line styles -> road types or something of that nature?
Also, I'm curious as to how often the shapefiles are updated (specifically, in my case, for Indiana).. Hope I haven't missed an obvious reference to that, as well.
Thanx!
Jason