[talk-au] Generating good looking PDF/SVG maps?

[Ben Kelley]

Hi.

Does anyone have any pointers for generating high quality PDF or SVG maps
(suitable for printing)?

I have a couple of use cases in mind:

* My other half would love a large (e.g. A0 size) printed street map. I have
found places that can print that size from PDF, but I'm not sure how to
generate the file.

* It would be handy to be able to make a printed map for the BUG (Bicycle
User's Group) I'm in (and presumably others). A straight OSM->PDF process
would work in some situations (like what mapsomatic does, but with the cycle
map rendering rules). For others SVG would be better (so the resulting map
can be enhanced).

My current thinking is that Mapnik would be the best tool for this.

Does anyone know of some step-by-step instructions that would help with
this?

 - Ben.
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