[OSM-talk] Custom rendering of a small map

[Seventy 7]

 Yes, Maperitive would be ideal. Although the SVG export is not yet done,
quality (ie large) bitmaps can be done with a "scale" command to smooth
out pixellation.
http://maperitive.net/
Join the Google group and we'll help you out! :-)
You might also like to have a look at Maposmatic
http://www.maposmatic.org/ as it has SVG export.
Steve 

   

  From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
  [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Igor Brejc
  Sent: 06 June 2010 06:06
  To: Gervase Markham
  Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
  Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Custom rendering of a small map

   

  - 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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