The last time this was discussed appears to be three years ago. Since the command line tool Nik2Img [1] has appeared as a solution of sorts.
Im looking at using mapnik to do fairly simple shapefile to png conversions for agricultural mapping purposes [4]. I dont require any interactive or live renders, no zoom, no tiles, just a one off conversion for archival purposes. So far ive considered : - jffmapper, a complete php solution, but old, and not compatible with my shapefiles [2] - using mapservers php mapscript, by creating the necessary temp mapfile [3] - fixing jffmapper, building in support for modern shapefiles - writing something from scratch using gdal/ogr/gd to do the heavy lifting - mapnik + Nik2Img Ive spent two whole days researching this, and hence would be quite happy to hear of any suggestions as to recommended approach. Peter Scott NZ [1] http://code.google.com/p/mapnik-utils/wiki/Nik2Img [2] http://jjfmapper.sourceforge.net/ [3] http://www.mapserver.org/mapscript/php/by_example.html [4] For an example of what im trying to do: http://www.zoneblue.org/files/BLK1_log.shp.jpg _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
