Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-30 Thread Ákos Maróy
Lennard, > That is correct, also because *you* have to tell mapnik *where* your > style comes in the whole rendering order, by putting your &layer-xxx; at > the correct spot. now I see how it works. thank you for the clarification. Akos ___ dev maili

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-29 Thread Lennard
On 29-8-2010 14:31, Ákos Maróy wrote: They are dynamically included, by putting the relevant&layer-xxx; references at the right spot in osm.xml. The ordering of elements in the stylesheet determines the order in which mapnik renders. what do you mean by 'stylesheet' in this context? Mapnik us

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-29 Thread Ákos Maróy
Lennard, > They are dynamically included, by putting the relevant &layer-xxx; > references at the right spot in osm.xml. The ordering of > elements in the stylesheet determines the order in which mapnik renders. what do you mean by 'stylesheet' in this context? > So water, for instance, is load

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-29 Thread Lennard
On 29-8-2010 11:20, Ákos Maróy wrote: what I'm trying to achieve is to include my own

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-29 Thread Ákos Maróy
Lennard, > What does happen when you run generate_xml.py is that three files are > created (or updated) in the inc directory. They are: > datasource-settings.xml.inc, fontset-settings.xml.inc, settings.xml.inc thanks for the info - now I see that. > Some guides still give a syntax like: > > gen

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-27 Thread Lennard
On 27-8-2010 15:58, Ákos Maróy wrote: Hi, Maybe I'm misunderstanding the generic purpose of the generate_xml.py file from the mapnik rendering toolset, but for me, it does not seem to touch my osm.xml file in any way. That's correct. when I execute generate_xml.py with appropriate database s

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-27 Thread Stephan Knauss
Hi, Sajjad Anwar wrote: The following link contains pointers to setting up Mapnik and basic rules file modifications http://sajjad.in/mapping/setting-up-mapnik-for-rendering-tiles-in-your-language/ you can find the trick to render bilingual maps like http://thaimap.osm-tools.org/ or http://g

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-27 Thread Sajjad Anwar
Dear Akos > > I did read the README file, but this seems to be a catch-22 here. if it > uses osm.xml itself to generate osm.xml - how do you initially create > the first osm.xml, from the style sheets / templates? > > The osm.xml file is a bit confusing in this scenario. You can see that the osm.x

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-27 Thread Sajjad Anwar
Taking the freedom to post the email that skipped the list From: Ákos Maróy Date: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file? To: Sajjad Anwar Sajjad, > I think you have misunderstood the purpose of generate_xml.py > generate_xml

Re: [OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-27 Thread Sajjad Anwar
Dear Akos, I think you have misunderstood the purpose of generate_xml.py generate_xml.py as far as I understand is to prepare the osm dataset (by default osm.xml) ready for rendering. It fetches the style sheets, symbol information etc and modifies the dataset to create the new osm.xml The README

[OSM-dev] generate_xml.py not generating osm.xml file?

2010-08-27 Thread Ákos Maróy
Hi, Maybe I'm misunderstanding the generic purpose of the generate_xml.py file from the mapnik rendering toolset, but for me, it does not seem to touch my osm.xml file in any way. when I execute generate_xml.py with appropriate database setttings, osm.xml is not changed in any way. if I remove os