On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Jochen Topf <joc...@remote.org> wrote:
> First comment though: Please, please start making a distinction between the > rendering software (Mapnik) and the style file is uses and the map it > creates, > respectively. This is already problematic. It should not be called > "Mapnik-support", but something like "Default OSM Map-support". We should > come up with nice name for the default map. > Sorry, you're absolutely right. The confusion arises from the fact that the "Default OSM Mapnik" layer on the main openstreetmap.org view is called "Mapnik". It probably shouldn't be. > > Second comment: As always, its not that easy. You can't just read osm.xml. > At least you have to take the osm2pgsql config into account. Also you > probably > Sure, can you give me a few pointers? I haven't got Mapnik or running. > People can check it, improve it Well, improve the generation method. Hand tweaking would be the wrong approach. > and get some experience about its usefulness. > > Just an idea: If you really want to check what the renderer renders and > what > not, how about creating a osm test file with all the different tags ins > there, > send it through the renderer and check whether the bitmap is empty. If it > contains something in the right spot, you know the tag is supported. This > is > totally renderer and style agnostic reasonably easy to automate. > Yes...but from what I gather, getting Mapnik installed locally is quite complex. Or maybe I'm confusing it with getting slippymap/tileserver installed. I'm new to all this. Steve
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