QGIS stylesheets for OpenStreetMap

Ready-made QGIS stylesheets (QML) for OpenStreetMap are available for download.  These were created and tested with QGIS version 2.2 on Debian GNU/Linux 7.

The suggested layer order follows.  Note that some layers need to be loaded multiple times to enable differing label styles in QGIS.

1. osm_places
2. osm_transport_points (station)
3. osm_transport_points (junction)
4. osm_transport_areas
5. osm_railways_gen0
6. osm_railways_gen1
7. osm_railways
8. osm_motorways_gen0
9. osm_motorways_gen1
10. osm_motorways (motorway)
11. osm_motorways (trunk)
12. osm_mainroads_gen0
13. osm_mainroads_gen1
14. osm_mainroads
15. osm_minorroads
16. osm_amenities
17. osm_buildings
18. osm_aeroways
19. osm_waterways
20. osm_waterareas_gen0
21. osm_waterareas_gen1
22. osm_waterareas
23. osm_landusages_gen0
24. osm_landusages_gen1
25. osm_landusages
26. osm_admin

In order to improve rendering speed you may wish to use the generalised layers as they hold less detail which may not be visible at some scales anyway.  We found the following to be effective without apparent loss of render quality.  For scales of

• 1:1 to 1:500,000, use the ungeneralised layers;
• 1:500,000 to 1:1,000,000, use the generalised-1 layers, and
• 1:1,000,000 and above, use the generalised-0 layers.