Hi Sam, Sorry, I think I missed the point of your question - I thought you wanted something automatic to save having to move things manually.
When I have just wanted a quick map with a few additions I have just used osmarender and inkscape (I actually use the perl version of osmrender because it seems to work more quickly for me). I think I turned the osmarender SVG file into a png 'canvas' to draw on. Can OpenOffice not read the SVG files to let you do the same? Graham. On 14 May 2010 07:09, Sam Vekemans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi thanks, > > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Graham Jones < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sam, >> It is probably worth a look at >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_on_Paper if you haven't seen it. >> >> http://www.ancalime.de/gutau.html > Seems to be a little closer, but it would just need an OpenOffice Draw > file. (so then i can easily move the boxes around), edit icons and change > labels. > This is more of the creative side, where software cant make that happen. > > (the reason why, is that today i passed somone who was looking at a map, > and it 'could' have used OSM, only the city outline was missing, (hopefully > we'll get that in this year), but it was just the page layout that was > different. Many different printable maps can be made with the same basic > layout. > (ie. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Compass_Rose#compass-rose-basic-thin-letters) > having them all in 1 Oo Draw template file. > > > >> MapOsMatic <http://www.maposmatic.org> produces very nice output with a >> street index, but you can not alter the output from the default style. >> Townguide<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TownGuide>is similar but adds >> selectable points of interest, but its output resolution >> is not as high, so the maps do not look as nice. However one of this year's >> Google Summer of Code >> projects<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2010/AcceptedProjects>is >> looking at taking the best aspects of these projects to improve it and >> add more features. (ie,. >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2010/AcceptedProjects/EasyPrintableMaps) >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenPaperMaps >> > Good luck on those projects, i hope they chose to share what they make :) > >> >> Regards >> >> >> > Cool, That gives me some ideas, and looks like > http://www.ancalime.de/gutau.html is ccBYsa, so that helps too. > Thanks, > Sam > > Graham >> >> On 13 May 2010 22:53, Sam Vekemans <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I'm just wondering who all is working on making custom map templates? >>> >>> Walking-papers.org are great, but is only 1 style. >>> I'm making Oo Draw files that just have the page layout, and all the >>> basic map info, (legend, scale, title, directory, copyright line, >>> border. # markers) >>> >>> The Mapgen.pl is for getting the osm map details out into SVG. >>> So the ideas is that Oo is simpler to use than Inkscape, where simple >>> 'prntScrn' can be done, where the monitor resolution is greater or >>> equal to the actual page size. >>> >>> The purpose is to be able to print out free maps and give to any place >>> that will make it available. >>> >>> So im looking for/making templates for cyclists passing through town/ >>> walkers looking for tourist attractions / pub 'inspectors' looking for >>> pubs. >>> .... And many other templates, were its easy to move the legend around >>> and draw arrows & add in custom place markers. >>> >>> Is there a wiki page that organizes this info around? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Sam >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Twitter: @Acrosscanada >>> Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ >>> http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com >>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans >>> Skype: samvekemans >>> OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org >>> @Acrosscanadatrails >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Graham Jones >> Hartlepool, UK >> email: [email protected] >> > > -- Dr. Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK email: [email protected]
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