Angus - Take a look at http://bitbucket.org/dodobas/haosbuilder/wiki/Home
You may find it helpful with regard to mapnik/wx integration. I've used it, and it simple while complete enough to be useful. Nino On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Angus Dickey <[email protected]> wrote: > Noli, > > Thanks for the info. I saw that sqlite/spatialite was supported by Mapnik > but I have to admit the "WARNING: highly uber experimental !" at the top of > the page put me off a bit. I will definitely try if out though; is it more > stable than the docs let on? > > You are right about the mapcanvas, having that would be really convenient. > In wxPython it looks like I will have to build something that would allow me > to display the map generated by Mapnik with basic /zoom/pan/measure/query > tool functionality from scratch. > > Drawing the map is pretty easy I think. I can just draw the Mapnik produced > bitmap right on a wx.Panel, the trick will be creating some basic tools and > having them support geographic & projected coordinate systems. > > Thanks again for your help, I will check out the quantumnik and look for > that sample using pyQT without the QGIS mapcanvas. > > Angus > > > > --- On Thu, 9/23/10, Noli Sicad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Noli Sicad <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Mapnik-users] Mapnik for desktop applications > > To: "Angus Dickey" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Received: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 4:43 PM > > Hi Angus, > > > > I think you can use spatialite for datasouce. > > > > http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/SQLite > > > > http://code.google.com/p/pyspatialite/ > > > > I think the challenge is how to create a mapcanvas in > > wxpython or pyqt > > without use of qgis mapcanvas to render mapnik and various > > layer. > > > > Have a look at quantumnik as well. > > http://bitbucket.org/springmeyer/quantumnik/wiki/Home > > > > There is already sample program using PyQt with mapnik > > without Qgis mapcanvas. > > > > Have look at the archive. Right now, I can find the exact > > URL to download it. > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mapnik-users%40lists.berlios.de&q=feverzsj+simple+map > > > > Noli > > > > > > > > > > On 9/24/10, Angus Dickey <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am new to Mapnik and was thinking about using Mapnik > > as the mapping > > > solution for a desktop GIS application. My initial > > thoughts were to use: > > > > > > - Python > > > - wxPython > > > - Mapnik > > > > > > With other packages (OGR/GDAL, Shapely, pyproj, etc.) > > if needed. > > > > > > I have looked at the Mapnik samples and API and I know > > it can make a great > > > looking map, what I am not sure about is the ability > > to add a > > > temporary/dynamic layer. What I would like to be able > > to do is have Mapnik > > > set up with static background mapping data and add > > markup (or temp layers) > > > to Mapnik made up of geometry (points/lines/polys) > > calculated elsewhere. Is > > > this possible in Mapnik? I see there are some > > provisions for a "Memory > > > Datasource" but it looks like it only supports > > points? > > > > > > Anyone have any thoughts on how this might be done? I > > thought about having a > > > text based OGR layer (GeoJSON?) added to Mapnik and > > changing this file on > > > disk; doesn't really seem like a good idea though... > > > > > > Any info or thoughts are appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > ~Angus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mapnik-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mapnik-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-users >
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