I need to create an attractive set of static tiles for the USA (based on shapefiles) to populate a web-server-only (e.g., small-footprint, not dynamic, not a real map server) online map to embed in a java-based application without internet access.
My first attempt used ArcGIS to render a GeoTIFF of a layout at high resolution and then passed the image into gdal2tiles.py (http://www.klokan.cz/projects/gdal2tiles/) (which is EXCELLENT) to create a shell OpenLayers app that I can customize. This worked fine, except the image quality from ArcGIS was horrible, particularly when zoomed in (no anti-alias). I'm a now trying to use mapnik (mapnik.org) to create the same image at higher quality. But I am suffering deeply from an acute lack of documentation which makes creating the cartography even more painful (where are recipes, examples, and docs for mapnik?) Is there something else that I can use to create the tiles needed for the OpenLayers app? Or is there an easier tool for creating a high-res, high-quality georeferenced image that can be used by gdal2tiles.py? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. _______________________________________________ Freegis-list mailing list Freegis-list@intevation.de https://intevation.de/mailman/listinfo/freegis-list
