[OSM-newbies] Polygons and Properties

[Andy Allan]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Stuart <stuart.srsm at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>  If I'm brave I might try MapNik but it appears to be for Linux (I'm WinXP).
>  Last time I tried there was a Windows binary but with no instructions on how
>  to get it to work - I got stuck. Has anyone any experience with Win MapNik?

I haven't tried the Windows binary, but I can heartily recommend
mapnik in general for raster-production (osmarender is the only option
if you want an svg output for further manipulation). If you need any
help then try either the mapnik-users or OSM dev mailing lists, but
you might find osmarender easier to get started with.

>  So there is a Forum - don't know how I missed it. Doesn't seem to get used
>  much though.

Some people prefer it, and you're likely to get a helpful response
both there and on the mailing lists.

Cheers,
Andy

>  Regards
>  Stuart
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Andy Allan" <gravitystorm at gmail.com>
>  To: <newbies at openstreetmap.org>
>  Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:43 PM
>  Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Polygons and Properties
>
>
>  > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Stuart <stuart.srsm at blueyonder.co.uk>
>  > wrote:
>  >
>  >>  I intend to use a local version of osmarenderer so don't really care
>  >> about
>  >>  formatting as long as a closed way gets through to the OSM data file as
>  >> a
>  >>  polygon.
>  >
>  > There's nothing in the OSM data file to say which ways constitute
>  > "polygons" - it's up to each application (editors and renderers alike)
>  > to decide. So given that you want to render stuff with osmarender then
>  > you would need to tell it which features you want to render as
>  > polygons, and it doesn't matter what JOSM thinks one way or another.
>  >
>  >>  I posted this same comment on the Wiki Talk: Josm. I'm not sure if that
>  >> is
>  >>  the appropriate forum for a question - speaking of forum I can't figure
>  >> out
>  >>  the attraction of a mailing list over a forum. Seems designed to make
>  >> life
>  >>  harder for all involved.
>  >
>  > Each to his own. There's http://forum.openstreetmap.org/ if you'd
>  > prefer to use that in future.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  > Andy
>  >
>
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