[OSM-talk] OSM server on a (Ubuntu) VM?

[Richard Weait]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Arlindo Pereira
<openstreetmap at arlindopereira.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm planning to build with OpenStreetMap some historic, out-of-copyright
> maps (such as [1] and [2]). They would feature many things (such as streets,
> mountains and beaches) that do not exist anymore. AFAIK, this kind of data
> is not supposed to live on the main OSM server.
> So, I'd like to ask: what is the easiest way to build a OSM server? I'm
> thinking about running the database and mapnik on a virtual machine
> (preferably Ubuntu Server, since I already use Ubuntu on desktop), and
> upload only the tiles and OpenLayers to a regular Apache server. A
> copy-and-paste sequence of apt-gets would be perfect - I couldn't find it on
> the wiki.
> My idea is to create a page similar to [3], being the left side the
> historical map and on the right the current OSM map.
> Thanks a lot,
> Arlindo "Nighto" Pereira
> 1: http://www.bondesrio.com/fotos/mapas/mapa_linhas_1878.jpg
> 2: http://www.bondesrio.com/fotos/mapas/mapa_linhas_1907.jpg
> 3: http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/

Hi Arlindo,

Others have already given you good guidance.

If your interest is only in a small area, and you don't need to keep
your editing history, you might consider storing your data as simple
.osm files.  Mapnik can render directly from .osm files with the
OsmPlugin.[1]  This will remove your reliance on the rails port.

http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/OsmPlugin

Best regards,
Richard