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

[Ben Kelley]

Hi.

Yes, as I said, like what maposmatic does. :)

I have had a bit of a look at their code. It seems to use Mapnik under the
covers.

I was hoping for something that was a bit more accessible than hacking the
maposmatic code. I like the grid it creates though, and the index. It's
probably a good starting point.

The export from the OSM web site only exports the rendering of the main
street map layer (from a PDF or SVG point of view).

 - Ben.

On 17 June 2010 06:54, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010, Ben Kelley wrote:
> > 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.
> Have you looked at http://www.maposmatic.org/
>
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Ben Kelley
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