If someone wants to use the current planet file 070711 with mapnik, you can use something like this to sanitize it. 7z e -so planet.osm.7z | sed 's/\o023/ CTRL-S /g' > planet-a.osm -- Jörg (Germany, Munich) http://www.ostertag.name/ irc://irc.oftc.net/#osm Tel.: +49 89 420950304 Skype: JoergOstertag