On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 11:41 +0100, Jon Burgess wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 10:43 +0200, Michael Handerek wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I setup a PostGIS + Mapnik + mod_tile server to serve my own tiles. It
> > is already running :) but mapnik only renders boundaries. I have read on
> > mapnik wiki the troubleshooting that covers my problem.
> > 
> >  "If the generated tiles or image show coastlines, but lack streets,
> > street names, cities, and other features, please verify that the
> > database user can indeed login. The scripts and mapnik may quietly fail
> > to read the data and thus render with coastlines, but no other data.
> > Another cause is building mapnik without postgis support."
> > 
> > The data ist definitive taken from Postgres, checked by tailing the
> > access logs.
> > What does it mean to build mapnik with postgis support? This point seems
> > not to be mentioned explicit in the install howto on the mapnik site.
> 
> If mapnik is connecting with postgresql then you have the postgis.input
> plugin.
> 
> What data have you imported into postgresql?

I imported a complete planet dump via osmosis. Should I consider
something importing data for mapnik via osmosis?

> 
> If using OSM with osm2pgsql then make sure you build and install the
> latest from SVN. See
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik#osm2pgsql
> 
> 
> > Furthermore generated tiles on higer zoomlevels are squishy.
> 
> What do you mean by this? Perhaps you are wanting to change the
> projection?


One more issue I encountered. If I change the bgcolor of the map in my
osm.xml, this doesn't take effect on new rendered tiles. Changing the
projection too.

> 
> > Does anybody already fixed issues like that?
> > 
> > 
> > Regards, Michael
> > 
> > 
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