[OSM-dev] running a local server

[David James]

On Fri, November 2, 2007 12:06 pm, Andy Allan wrote:
> On 11/2/07, Keith Sharp <kms at passback.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> 4) What are you using to drive Mapnik to do the rendering?  Does this
>> automagically create the correct directory hierarchy?
>
> A modified version of generate_tiles.py from
> http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/mapnik/generate_tiles.
> py - yep, it creates tiles in the right hierarchy.

I'm not sure this is the appropriate place to ask, and I'm very new to OSM
this, so this may well be a stupid question - what drives the choice
whether to use Mapnik or Osmarender for a local server? (If this is a FAQ,
please just point me at an appropriate webpage somewhere.)

-- 
David James