[OSM-dev] Static tile generation using xalan and batik?

[Nick Whitelegg]

I've been thinking about the increasingly-popular approach to render static 
PNG tiles derived from osmarender, using osm at home to distribute the load. It 
seems that this could be conceivably automated using xalan and batik.

The two key steps are XSLT transformation of .osm data to SVG, then 
transformation of SVG to PNG. The former can be accomplished with xalan, the 
latter with Batik. Thus it seems (as long as people are happy with using a 
Java-based solution) a command-line application, or a pair of command-line 
applications run through a shell script, could be developed to automate all 
this - including upload to a server.

Any thoughts on this?

Nick