Philip Stubbs wrote: > I have been having fun playing with Mapnik. Now I want to do something > useful, and need a little guidance. > > I have my own database with the UK extract loaded. Periodically, I > will update this with new extracts, as required. Then I want to be > able to render a map with some of my own data overlaid, a bit like a > cake diagram used for mapping parties. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/images/thumb/9/93/Camberwell_cake.png/260px-Camberwell_cake.png > > The data does not represent anything that would benefit being uploaded > to the main database, but is of use to me. What is the best format for > creating such data? What tools would I use? my guess would be that > JOSM would be useful. Are there any pointers to how I then use Mapnik > to combine the two data sources to create a final map image? > > Thanks in advance. > QGIS with it's OSM plugin and Mapnik Plugins(Quantumnik) might be a good place to get you started and support good visual overlay of your data so you can see what you're doing. Combining it all is just referencing more than one layer for data in the mapnik config you use for tiles, and the plugin should help get those files started.
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