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

Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com
Sat Jun 19 05:50:10 BST 2010


And don't forget the team @ KDE Marble Desktop, has the ability to
save PNG at any map view. The linux version also uses the CycleMap :-)

On 6/18/10, Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com> wrote:
> Its on my list to set up an OpenOfficeDraw template where all you need
> todo is to copy the pdf from walking-papers.org and paste it into the
> document, and move it to the bottom layer. Then edit the title and the
> legend and the POI list to suit the area.
>
> I know that doesnt help you today, but there are people working on it :)
>
> Every printed map, needs to have some manual creative work done on it.
>
> The technology from Open Orienteeringmap is close, but it doesnt
> support mapnik. And hikebikemap.de has a great rendering, but isnt on
> walking-papers.org, nor OpenOrienteeringmap
>
> Its also on maposmatic's list to get a proper legend, as well as
> maperitive.
>
> inkscape allows for svg opening & saving it as a Oo file, to break
> apart and easily manipulate the map.
>
> Cheers,
> Sam
>
> On 6/18/10, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 19 June 2010 09:30, Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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).
>>
>> The only other code I know about is this:
>>
>> http://www.mappage.org/atlas/
>>
>> But you have to setup your own rendering system and that would be a
>> show stopper for most people.
>>
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