Hi, With osm2pgsql it is quite easy to import OSM data into PostGIS database and after that to generate maps with for example MapServer or Geoserver through WMS service. What is not so easy is making good looking maps. I wonder if somebody has already done some OGC Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) files for OSM. It would be nice to have some templates to start with.
The current Mapnik and Osmarender maps are really nice but it is obvious that one or two standard map sets will never make everybody happy. However, it is not possible to render the whole world very many times to have more styling alternatives. For special needs it would be more flexible to run a WMS service and let people select a suitable SLD file for online rendering. Running global OSM WMS server might be too heavy task, but OpenStreetMap wiki could have a styling gallery with downloadable SLD files and sample images of the resulting maps. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
