[OSM-dev] Viability of huge shapefile of LandForm Panorama contours in Mapnik?

2011-03-06 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hi, Sometime, perhaps over Easter, I'd like to do something I've been meaning to do for a while, and that is create pseudo-Landranger maps by combining OS Vector Map District, contours from OS Landform Panorama, and OSM footpaths. However, to do this I need to transform the contour data from

Re: [OSM-dev] Viability of huge shapefile of LandForm Panorama contours in Mapnik?

2011-03-06 Thread Nick Whitelegg
However, to do this I need to transform the contour data from DXF into something more usable, e.g. shapefile. Apparently gdal can now do this. What I'm a little concerned about, though, is the viability of creating one huge shapefile containing all the contours for the UK, which would be