Index: trunk/styles/standard/elemstyles.mapcss
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--- trunk/styles/standard/elemstyles.mapcss	(revision 13255)
+++ trunk/styles/standard/elemstyles.mapcss	(revision 13321)
@@ -33,4 +33,10 @@
   type: boolean;
   label: tr("Less obtrusive node symbols at low zoom");
+  default: true;
+}
+
+setting::hide_tagged_waynodes {
+  type: boolean;
+  label: tr("Hide tagged waynodes at low zoom");
   default: true;
 }
@@ -4681,4 +4687,5 @@
 Summary of different zoom levels:
   (any zoom)    place=* (except locality) and a few natural icons with their text is shown
+  |z-14         tagged way nodes are hidden completely
   |z-15         untagged way nodes are hidden completely
   |z15          place=locality icon
@@ -4689,4 +4696,5 @@
   
  * text size and node size is adapted according to zoom level (see style source below), place labels (except locality) don't get smaller
+ * all these zoom features are modifiable via style settings
  * maxspeed icons should not be distinguishable from POIs with "icon-image" property
 
@@ -4710,4 +4718,7 @@
     symbol-stroke-color: none;
     symbol-fill-color: node_tagged#00ffff;
+}
+way > node|z-14[setting("shrink_nodes")][setting("hide_tagged_waynodes")]:tagged { /* todo: check which is faster: `way > node {...}` or `node!:unconnected {...}`, also at other occurrences in this file */
+    symbol-shape: none;
 }