HI, > > Being the greedy bastard, and given my desire to further OSM usage for > > GIS purposes, I wondered if it would be possible to also create a world > > file (georeference metadata basically) so that generated images (PNG, > > Jpeg ...) can be readily used as base layers for maps? > > I want to (re)make a WMS server on top of OSM data, using mapnik and/or > osmarender as a backend. Unfortunately, I can't find the time to get that > idea out of the back burner.
I have a halfway working prototype of a WMS server that works by marrying an embedded C/C++ HTTPD to Mapnik (i.e. no Python involved). The GetMap call works well already but the GetCapabilities response is currently hardcoded whereas it should really be created dynamically from the Mapnik map file, maybe even exposing individual layers (currently I just offer one combined layer). I am also facing some trouble with on-the-fly projection. But as long as you're happy with EPSG:4326, you can already load Mapnik images into your favourite GIS app. I hope to have a working service within about two weeks, and will release the source then. It is, er, a bit on the segfaulty side at the moment and I have to investigate more. (I'm also unsure whether that project should live in the OSM SVN or rather on the Mapnik site - not much OSM about it I guess.) Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
