[OSM-newbies] OSM on paper

Xan dxpublica at telefonica.net
Sat Jan 19 12:41:10 GMT 2013


Al 18/01/13 19:40, En/na Graham Jones ha escrit:
> Hi,
> I know some people have experimented with sqlite, but I have not heard 
> of it being used much for rendering osm data - you would have to 
> search the OSM wiki or osm-dev mailing list archive for it.
>
> If you are new to the tools, it is probably easier to use postgresql, 
> as more people use that so will be able to help.
> There is a good step-by-step tutorial for setting everything up on 
> Ubuntu at 
> http://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-12-04/. 
>    You will not need the mod_tile and renderd bits, but the postgresql 
> and mapnik installation instructions are useful. You can then use 
> generate_image.py (which comes with the OSM mapnik stylesheet) to 
> create a map image.
> Once you have it working, you can then experiment with changing things.
>
> (There is also a Mapnik plugin to read osm files directly, which may 
> work for small areas, but I have never used it) - again probably best 
> to practice with postgresql first.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Graham.
>
> On 18 January 2013 12:52, Xan <dxpublica at telefonica.net 
> <mailto:dxpublica at telefonica.net>> wrote:
>
>     This is what I want to achieve.
>     Can I substitute postgresql by sqlite?
>     Can you put a tutorial of how to do that? (I think it's good to
>     put in wiki)
>
>     If sqlite subtitution is not possible, I will try to do with
>     postgresql. But I need more help... ;-)
>
>     Thanks in advance,
>     Xan.
>
>     Al 17/01/13 23:09, En/na Graham Jones ha escrit:
>>     Ah, I see.  I tried selecting it using the bounding box option,
>>     but that doesn't work either - it is too big for that service to
>>     render.
>>     I did a very simple rendering of Keffalonia when I was going on
>>     holiday there a couple of years ago, but I suspect that that my
>>     instructions
>>     <http://nerdytoad.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/kefalonia-map.html> are
>>     a bit more complicated than the thing you are looking for - it
>>     involved pulling the data into a postgresql database and
>>     rendering it using mapnik.
>>
>>     Graham.
>>
>>     On 17 January 2013 21:31, Xan <dxpublica at telefonica.net
>>     <mailto:dxpublica at telefonica.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         Al 17/01/13 20:20, En/na Graham Jones ha escrit:
>>>         Take a look at http://maposmatic.org/.
>>>         I did once start a similar application that would allow
>>>         customisation like adding contours, POIs etc, but never
>>>         quite finished it.....
>>>
>>
>>         Thanks, Graham, but I can't select Mallorca. Why?
>>         Can you include Topographic levels too?
>>
>>         Thanks for that.
>>         Xan
>>
>>>         Graham.
>>>
>>>         On 17 January 2013 19:20, Xan <dxpublica at telefonica.net
>>>         <mailto:dxpublica at telefonica.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Hi,
>>>
>>>             I want to print Mallorca
>>>             [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.677&lon=2.856&zoom=9&layers=M].
>>>             I consulted OSM on Paper wiki page
>>>             [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_on_Paper], and I
>>>             started using OSMARENDER
>>>             [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmarender] but for
>>>             me it's so complicated (for defining rules).
>>>
>>>
>>>             Is there any more easy program to generate svg files?
>>>
>>>             By the other hand, I want to include topographic curves
>>>             like in Cycle Map and some manual POIs (starting and
>>>             ending points of my personal trip around Serra de
>>>             Tramuntana).
>>>
>>>             What is the easiest method for doing that? When I have
>>>             svg, easyly I could pass to pdf and print a plane ;-)
>>>
>>>             Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>             Xan.
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>>>         Hartlepool, UK.
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I will try it and I will post if I find a trouble ;-)

Thanks for all,
Xan.
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