[OSM-newbies] Map rendering for print

[Axel von Matern]

Yeah I also would like a way to export printable (vector) graphics for  
larger areas. Or even better, shape-file export! A non-crippled  
Geofabrik/Cloudmade export feature is what Im longing for. It is a  
shame professional output still essentially is missing from the OSM  
project. I put a lot of effort contributing to the data but I hardly  
can get anything useful out of it. Yet. Still praying to the geek  
goddess tho. :)

/Axel

7 okt 2009 kl. 19.19 skrev Richard Weait:

> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Tony Morris <tonymorris at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> I would like to get a map for printing, so I try to export PNG off
>> osm.org however it doesn't have all the tagged nodes and minor ways
>> unless I zoom right in and then the map is too detailed. Is there any
>> way to achieve this?
>
> osm.org limits the size of png you can export and download because
> that activity is relatively expensive in terms of processor and disk
> activity.  Allowing arbitrarily large downloads could negatively
> effect other osm.org users. You have options depending on what you
> want to do.
>
> If you want 2 or three times more pixels than the export limit,
> consider repeating two or three times and combining the images with an
> image editor like The GIMP.  This is relatively simple.
>
> If you want things to appear in a way that differs from the default
> rendering, you can download and install all of the tools that allow
> you to render your own.  This is more complicated.
>
> If you can describe exactly what you want, you may find that somebody
> already has the tools installed to make the image and willing to send
> it to you.
>
> And I may be forgetting some other options as well.
>
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