Hi! Mapnik is a basically a rendering library. It needs other software around it to make it usable.
Thats a huge subject and there are different ways to go about it: * Have a look at http://mapbox.com/tilemill/ , thats easier to use, but might not be what you need. * Search on wiki.osm.org and help.osm.org for "Mapnik" and "osm2pgsql", there are some howtos, but I don't remember the URLs. Expect to experiment a lot. * Our book also has some info on how to do rendering with Mapnik: http://www.openstreetmap.info/ Jochen On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:38:51AM +0000, Tracey Mooney wrote: > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:38:51 +0000 > From: Tracey Mooney <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSM-dev] OSM – PostGIS – Mapnik problem! > > > Hello, > I have to learn how to make maps using OSM data. The data will be in held in > a PostGIS database and my role in the project is to learn how to take this > data and make pretty maps using Mapnik, store the tiles and use something to > make slippy maps that can be accessed by the public for free via a web > server. In order to fully understand / get to grips with my end I thought I > had better learn / get familiar with the whole process. To the end I have > done the following: > I have installed the OSGeo live version 5 bundle on a virtual machine on my > PC. I believe this means it is running in ubuntu. > Then downloaded United_Kingdom.shapefiles.zip, unzipped and used QGIS to make > the shape file go into an sql database (PostGIS). > I think I then access mapnik through a terminal thing a bit like when you > want to run command lines through dos. There doesn’t seem to be another way > that I could see? I am sorry if I sound like a bit of an idiot, but I don’t > really understand what Mapnik is, I thought it was going to be something like > ArcGIS or Mapinfo, both of which I’ve seen before. Anyway, I followed some > instructions using something they called “python bindings” and managed to get > my .shp files to make maps in the .png format. I have some instructions on > how I can make that ‘executable’ – whatever that means? > But I need to be able to make these maps from data in the PostGIS database, > and I can’t seem to figure out how to do that. I have tried some code copied > off OSMwiki, but that didn’t work. Someone has suggested that Mapnik maybe > doesn’t know how to read from PostGIS and told me to type ‘registered > datasource : postgis’ but I got ‘registered : command not found’ and I don’t > even know what that means! > I have been using this OSGeo thing as it came; I have not installed or > uninstalled anything else. I am sorry if I am asking help on something really > basic and potentially obvious, I don’t come from a computer background and I > think I am out of my depth!! > > Manythanks > TM > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may > contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, > please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, > copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any > attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do > not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment > may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev -- Jochen Topf [email protected] http://www.remote.org/jochen/ +49-721-388298 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
