The best of both worlds: designing an international American map
summary
OpenStreetMap Americana recreates a midcentury U.S. atlas look while actually handling multilingual labels, packaged as a reusable library that pulls names from OSM Wikidata CLDR, shows local and English names where appropriate, and avoids duplicate labels by normalizing separator conventions. Route numbering uses relation-based route shields implemented state‑ and country‑by‑country (Canada, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Venezuela, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia have support; Germany still lacks blue hexagons). A dynamic legend adapts to view, and build outputs match American visual expectations while remaining internationally readable.
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