On 30 Jan 2008, at 10:25, bvh wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:56:13AM +0000, Tom Hughes wrote: >> So it is reasonable or optimal for us to maintain an infinite number >> of custom maps for third parties that want custom maps but don't want >> the hassle of rendering them? > > No, we should provide tools that make it very easy to create a custom > map. Mapnik is not (yet?) that tool.
Mapnik is that tool and it's also free and easy to use ;) . It is used in many exciting projects to generate custom maps e.g http://www.everyblock.com/ http://www.placebase.com/ http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/ > > I believe Kosmos wants to fill that gap. Kosmos is win32 only and it also relies on inferior GDI+ rendering. > Merkaartor is also > getting some of it : I just added an integrated gui to edit the map > style > to subversion, effectively with the aim to make merkaartor a full > wysiwyg map editor/renderer combination. > If you're serious about rendering high-quality maps and I believe you're using qt4 in your project, why don't you join forces and work on Mapnik GUI ? Artem _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
