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

[Dave Stubbs]

On Jan 30, 2008 8:42 AM, 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 how much do you suppose they'd be willing to pay for this service? If
enough people want it, and enough people are willing to pay enough for it,
it may at some point in the future appear.
The problem is that you need hardware/network resources to offer this kind
of service, and those resources aren't usually free.

TBH I'm not sure what your problem is with having to install some software,
as you're going to have to spend time defining your custom map anyway. In
which case you get to choose, osmps, osmarender, Kosmos...
Otherwise you'll have to make do with what other people are producing.

Incidentally, I agree the pint glasses look a little rubbish, but I doubt I
could do better, so I'll quit complaining.

Dave
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