[OSM-talk] Own maps with hill shading and routes using mapnik

[Holger Schöner]

Hello,

[sorry for the first mail, it should have gone to talk-de ...]

A project, which I am pursuing since some weeks now is the rendering of own 
maps using mapnik, which include contour lines, hill shading, bicycle and 
hiking routes, and highway=path. This has cost me quite some time, and some 
parts now only work because of lucky discoveries. So I started to write up 
the relevant steps in an own wiki page, to ease this process for others who 
might have similar interests:

        http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/HikingBikingMaps

Currently, the data preprocessing is described more or less completely. 
Adaptations to the default mapnik styles will follow soon.

My work was inspired by the great progress of the cycle map (thanks a lot to 
the authors!).

Feedback will be appreciated, of course. And maybe someone has some ideas, 
how the maps can be further improved, or can even contribute some technique 
or implementation ...

Yours,
Holger Schoener