[OSM-talk] Custom rendering of a small map

[Igor Brejc]

- Maperitive: it runs on Linux too, and in a few weeks I hope I'll be able
to finish the SVG export functionality.

Regards,
Igor

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Gervase Markham <gerv-gmane at gerv.net>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to render a map of about a square mile or so of the town of
> Bromley, in Kent, for the information sheet for my wedding in August
> (yay!).
> http://osm.org/go/0EEBWURG
> I want to make the map, then remove a few bits which I don't need and
> add stuff to it like bigger labels on some important POIs like the
> church and the nearest station. I want it to look professional.
>
> This is just the sort of thing OSM should be good for, or so I hope :-)
>
> My first effort involved an SVG export of the Mapnik image from the main
> website. This is pretty good; the only problem is that the roads are
> unnecessarily narrow and so the road names are small and hard to read.
> I'd like pretty much that map, except with wider roads and bigger text.
> It would take an age to change it all manually in the SVG. What are my
> options for a custom render?
>
> - Mapnik: requires an incredible amount of setup, according to the wiki
>   page.
>
> - Osmarender: It's ugly. Sorry, but it is.
>
> - mapgen.pl: Same.
>
> - Kosmos: I'm on Linux, and it only really runs on Windows.
>
> - Cobra: development seems dead.
>
> - Cartagen: It does road labels square on, which I don't like.
>
> - Cloudmade: initially, this seemed really promising. They have a
>   variety of styles, and I probably could make
>   one with wider roads, but the Terms of Service are so long and
>   complex, and say "don't do anything with this data that isn't your
>   own personal use" about three times in different ways, so I assume I
>   can't use it.
>
> Any ideas? Is there an online service to which one can submit a Mapnik
> style sheet and get back a rendering of a small area?
>
> Gerv
>
>
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