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
Yes, I'd second that. Osmarender is stupidly impressive and the one
part of OSM that's currently producing n00b-friendly output.
Like zillions of other freelance cartographers, I use Adobe
Illustrator (commercial closed-source, Win/Mac only) to draw printed
maps. The old (pre-AI9) file format is a very simple text format,
essentially an abbreviated form of PostScript, so it's the work of
minutes to write a bit of Perl to mung whatever format you like - GPX,
say - into .ai. You can then style it to your heart's content.
Getting raw data from a GIS and then styling it in Illustrator is
probably the single most common workflow for one-off printed maps done
by professional cartographers. (I'm semi-pro so don't quite count. :) )
Theoretically, I guess, Inkscape should do much of the same, though
I've never found it as easy to get on with as Illustrator.
cheers
Richard
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