On 2010-09-23, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> I wouldn't say that. As you probably know, Mapnik can meanwhile process 
> .osm directly so no need for osm2pgsql/postgis (however special 
> stylesheets need to be made). It is conceivable to write a C program 
> (or Python if you must) that does Mapnik rendering from an OSM file and 
> that isn't any more complex than e.g. Inkscape on which we depend today.
> 
> Not saying that it must be done that way, just that I wouldn't "rule it 
> out".

OK, that shows how little I know about mapnik :). Seems reasonable
then. Anything preventing us from having to use inkscape for automatic
conversions is good. Any takers for a mapnik-based client infrastructure
:-) ?

Sebastian

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