Thanks I will look into pycairo. I'm hoping to render the whole canvas (including map) in postscript, with some of the postscript optional content embedded before distilling.
Dane Springmeyer-4 wrote: > > > On Jan 18, 2011, at 4:20 PM, fiskz wrote: > >> >> I'm new to mapnik and just found this forum. I tried searching on >> pagesize >> and maplimits but no hits. I'm trying to define a map page, with the map >> occupying just a portion of the total page. > > Mapnik is designed for making the map, but to place that map within a > larger canvas would require a bit of python scripting. If you are > interested in that route then I can advise further about how to use > pycairo (python bindings to cairo library) and then how to render a mapnik > map to a cairo context/surface. > > If you are not looking for a programming solution, then I would recommend > using QuantumGIS and its map layout features. You may notice that I've > written a plugin to QGIS to enable mapnik rendered maps to be loaded as a > QGIS layer (Quantumnik). But I've not yet added support for this mapnik > layer to be used in the QGIS map layout tools (map composer), though this > is in the long term plans. > >> Think of a traditional US TOPO >> map, with the legend below, and other information in the margins. What >> properties should I look into using? thanks you. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/pagesize-and-maplimits-tp30704464p30704464.html >> Sent from the Mapnik - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mapnik-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users > > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/pagesize-and-maplimits-tp30704464p30731608.html Sent from the Mapnik - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
