[OSM-talk] SVG to PDF

[Jochen Topf]

Hi!

Is anybody aware of any Open Source software which turns SVG into PDF
keeping the data as vectors and not rasterizing it? Inkscape, rsvg,
batik all rasterize the image and then put it into the PS/PDF. You'll see
that if you zoom in. But PDF is a vector format, so it could be done
better. This is obviously difficult in cases where you use the more
advances features of SVG like filtering, but in our case with the maps it
should work just fine.

If we want high quality printable maps, we need to create PDFs in some
way and instead of re-inventing the wheel I'd rather use osmarender to
create SVG and the PDF from there.

Jochen
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