I'm missing something in the OSM Shop:
Printed Maps!
Bernhard
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Yep. I've always wanted to print one on an A0 paper with street
index. Title: The most incomplete (it will never be complete) map
of the Metro Manila, Philippines
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:24 PM, bernhard b...@datenkueche.com wrote:
I'm missing something in the OSM Shop:
Printed Maps!
Thats one other thing im working on :)
... we need a template where you can just slide the map around and get it
printed.
In france they started with something like that.
http://www.maposmatic.org/
and OSMatlas is a start
http://www.mappage.org/atlas/
... if anyone wants to help... my project
Well, wikipedia have now instaled extension that allows you to order
printed books via pediapress - you pick up some articles, then you see
how many pages it is and you can download it as PDF or order printed
copy. We could perhaps do something similar with OSM - someone chooses
scale and area,
One of the options i was thinking of is lulu.com where you can self-publish
books... as well as multiple editors. (and they print colour) :-)
So i was thinking that all those interested in the publishing of a book
could be listed as editors, and working on a
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM, MP singular...@gmail.com wrote:
Some java applet, that will download OSM XML. [...]
The problem is that if you want something that looks like the OSM maps
that's going to rely on a lot of things (mapnik et al) that aren't
Java programs, so it really can't viably
On 25/10/2009, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason ava...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM, MP singular...@gmail.com wrote:
Some java applet, that will download OSM XML. [...]
The problem is that if you want something that looks like the OSM maps
that's going to rely on a lot of
Hi,
MP wrote:
Mapnik is good for displaying on screen, but for generating PDF and
printing it is better to generate vector-based, not image-based map.
Mapnik can do vector output via Cairo.
Well, Java applet is one way, there are many another - like running
some PHP script,
[...]
once
hi
No, not for generating once, but once people start requesting new
atlas every ten seconds in average and server needs over minute to
generate it, then you have trouble.
People don't have an A0 printer.
If people have an A0 printer, printing a large map is still expensive.
To print
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