For something quick and dirty, I was surprised to learn that Google
Maps will overlay a KML file from Google Earth and let you print it.
It's a quick way to get a map of a part of a city with your own points
of interest marked on it. Not very flexible and the Google Maps print
option looks to be about 75dpi. But it's awfully easy.
Whle I'm here... I'm somewhat new to playing around with geographic
data and I'm overwhelmed by the number of good but obscure tools, data
formats, and data sources out there. Is there some overview guide that
list users can recommend?
Nick Black wrote:
A very biased reply, but consider the tools that have been
developed as part of the OpenStreetMap project:
Osmarender is a rule based render that produces very nice looking SVGs
from OSM format XML.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmarender
There is also a project to produce a PDF atlas from the data:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/PDF_atlas
The caveat of course is that these tools are currently configured to
work with the OSM XML format:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/XML_Schema
However, the format is pretty simple and the OSM trac:
http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser
contains utilities to convert to different formats.
I'd be interested to know what you guys think of the output of
Osmarender in my opinion, its one of the most impressive rule based map
renering engines that I have seen.
Hope this helps a bit,
Nickb
On 9/28/06, Matthew Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bryce,
On 9/27/06, Bryce Nesbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> How do folks prepare printed maps? Meaning maps meant for .pdf or
> direct printing use?
>
> I'd like to produce a few thousand a month, centered and zoomed on
the
> recipient's home address, with some custom icons and
graphics. What
> tools might work, and are they open-source, free, closed-source,
paid?
> What's the startup investment?
>
I've had good luck producing dynamic pdf maps with all open source
tools. Mapserver or Mapnik to render the data, ReportLab to construct
the pdf elements, Matplotlib to render graphics and charts, all
accessed through a python script that can handle the details
(geocoding, setting extents, etc).
--
Matthew T. Perry
GIS Analyst / Software Engineer
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
work: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web: http://www.perrygeo.net
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