[OSM-dev] running a local server

[Keith Sharp]

On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 13:44 +0000, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> >For a small area either will probably be manageable on a single
> >server, but personally i'd use mapnik as it's so much faster and
> >friendly to your RAM.
> 
> FWIW what I do with Freemap (countryside-orientated UK renderer):
> 
> - Import UK OSM data into PostGIS database with osm2pgsql
> - Use Mapnik from a small custom C++ application, together with a custom 
> Mapnik XML style file, to render the maps and cache them on the server 
> (cached for up to a week).
> 
> Source code for the custom rendering app available within 
> http://www.free-map.org.uk/downloads/freemap.tar.bz2 (look in the "render" 
> directory)

Moving the conversation further away from the original subject...

Do you have the tools and documentation available for the process of
utilising the STRM data to create contours.  I am interested in adding
this to my slippy map, but I'm at a bit of a loss as to where to start.

Thanks,

Keith.