On Mar 14, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Roeland Douma wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to generate nice maps of the neighbourhood. To make > really nice > maps I of course use vector graphics since well... you know. > > However I discoverd that the SVG mapnik generated (form > openstreetmap data) > are quite huge. (2.1 mb). Now this might be due to my used style > sheet. > > However I noticed: > > nothing is grouped at all. Or well initially it is grouped but all > in 1 group. > So when un-grouping you have A LOT of objects. Which does not make > editing > easy. > > Text is placed as individual letters. Which makes moving it quite > hard. > > Is anybody working on these issues or do I just have to live with > them? > > Regards, > Roeland > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
I believe Mapnik doesn't handle the svg rendering itself - it's done all in Cairo. Until Cairo changes how it renders SVGs, I have a feeling you're out of luck. _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users

