[OSM-talk] "Crudely-drawn pint glasses"

[Tom Hughes]

In message <fnpda4$vuc$1 at ger.gmane.org>
        Gervase Markham <gerv-gmane at gerv.net> wrote:

> matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk wrote:
>
>>> Asking them to install and configure their own copy of Mapnik seems 
>>> somewhat unreasonable...
>> 
>> You could try osmps, and then convert the PostScript to the
>> required format. 
>
> Mapnik was just an example; it seems to me that asking people who want 
> to make and use a "custom" map (although I'm not sure that "no 
> crudely-drawn pint glasses" really counts as "custom") to install _any_ 
> rendering software seems sub-optimal.

So it is reasonable or optimal for us to maintain an infinite number
of custom maps for third parties that want custom maps but don't want
the hassle of rendering them?

Tom

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