Hello,

i just tried both hints, both work.  Awesome, thanks a lot.


Best regards,
Torsten.


Am Samstag, 18. April 2009 13:03:41 schrieb Jon Burgess:
> On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 09:39 +0200, Torsten Mohr wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > thanks a lot for these explanations.  That link to the XML descriptions
> > was very useful.
> >
> > 1.
> > Another question, is it possible to create PNGs with alpha support?
> > I'd like the background to be "invisible", so i can overlay a map onto
> > another image.  Or do i need to replace the background value in the
> > map with an "invisible" pixel with an external tool?
>
> Set the map bgcolor to "transparent". Note that does not work when
> rendering to "png256" output, normal png output is OK.
>
> > 2.
> > Also, i try to get the scale() and scale_denominator() of the map.
> > I wonder why it is NEGATIVE (below zero):
> >
> >     print "scale", m.scale()
> >     print "denom", m.scale_denominator()
> >
> > --->
> > scale -0.000333333333333
> > denom -1.19047619048
> >
> > I use a slightly modified version of OSMs generate_image.py with
> > these map values:
> >
> >     ll = (4.5, 46, 16, 56) # Deutschland
> > #    ll = (-180.0, -90.0, 180.0, 90.0) # Welt
> >     z = 10
> >     imgx = 300 * z
> >     imgy = 400 * z
> >
> >     m = Map(imgx, imgy)
>
> Try placing the two print lines after the m.zoom_to_box() line.
> Otherwise I think you are getting uninitialised data being returned.
> I see:
>
> scale 256.034828825
> denom 914410.102945
>
>       Jon

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