Hi Jeff,
Yes, Mapnik does not conform exactly to the SLD spec. AFAICT this does
mean that if you want to keep style definitions archived for use with
various rendering packages you'll be keeping separate xml for mapnik
or hand converting.
I personally am trying to generate all my layer styles/rules with
mapnik's python bindings. This is much more concise and powerful than
hand coding XML and you can always use the save_map() function to
write out the XML for safe keeping.
But, I'd be interested to hear if anyone has made efforts at
translating between SLD and mapnik XML. Both OpenLayers and GeoServer/
GeoTools seem to be embracing SLD and interoperability with these
packages would be extremely useful.
For further reading, I've noticed these posts in the past which relate
to your question:
https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/mapnik-users/2007-August/000419.html
http://sgillies.net/blog/170/sld-and-python/
http://sgillies.net/blog/169/mapnik-news/
http://lists.eogeo.org/pipermail/opensdi/2006-January/000305.html
-Dane
On Aug 5, 2008, at 6:58 AM, Jeff Cooper wrote:
Hello all,
What support does mapnik have for SLD files? The mapnik
configuration files I
created about a year ago seem to resemble SLD, but don't match up
exactly. I
am looking to transitioning my GIS system to use SLD files, will I
need a
separate set of files for mapnik?
Thanks,
--Jeff
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