Nop, On Apr 2, 2009, at 2:58 AM, Nop wrote:
> > Hello! > > > Dane Springmeyer schrieb: >> See the news, it's official: >> http://mapnik.org/news/ > > I installed the new version of mapnik on Windows XP and it works > neatly. > Great. > > A few things that might be added to the installation guide: > > - Mapnik must go into C:\mapnik_0_6_0\ as it has hardcoded > dependencies to this folder. > Yes, good point. > - The installation guide I used for 0.5.1 instructed you to copy the > site-package into the python installation rather than extend the > path. It might be a good idea to delete this old copy when > installing 0.6.0 to avoid confusion > Ya, I switched this - but I'm open to alternatives. I'm not a windows users so what ever is easiest for folks to follow. But yes, I would be a good idea to mention removing old packages. Will you make these changes on the WIKI? > > And about running mapnik: I was able to render with my existing > style right away. It appers that mapnik is _almost_ backwards > compatible, the handling of font metrics and/or positioning in > PointSymbolizer and Textsymbolizer seems to work a little bit > different, at least my labels are all two pixels off to the right > and bottom. (see attachments). But I guess it is a good idea to > replace those self-made shields with regular shields now that they > should work for points. Good to hear. > > > > And finally a question: The release page mentions "Map buffers to > avoid cut labels". Currently I have been implementing a buffer > myself when rendering. Is that superfluous now? And where would I > find more information on how to utilize them? > 'buffer_size' is a property of the Map object and defaults to 0 - good result have been had but setting that value to at least half the size of your tile, so often m.buffer_size = 128 I've added mention of it to the XML reference page: http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/XMLConfigReference Dane > > great work! > > Nop > <mapnik051.jpg><mapnik060.jpg> _______________________________________________ Mapnik-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users
