You've captured the problem nicely. With a booklet we can get both the fine detail we want on a good page size (something folks could actually carry around in a backpack for instance) by selecting a good level of detail and just scaling up the number of pages to accommodate.
I'll loop back around with you guys once the project starts getting some traction and we have development resources to work on this. -Samuel On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Maxime Petazzoni < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > * Samuel Mandell <[email protected]> [2011-06-10 00:14:15]: > > > This is close. The only paper size option I get is "Best fit" which in > this > > case is (64 x 127.1 cm2) which is pretty big. What the project needs is > > being able to select a page size like A4 or A6 (or just decide on one) > and > > then divide the map into chunks of that size. The other part is having > the > > index be on separate pages. This increases the complexity in two ways: > > > > 1. You have to now lay out the map on A4 sized chunks and then split > them > > up. This will mean that you'll get a little extra of the map than you > need > > 2. The index will need a new dimension which is the page. So the index > of > > a street would be page, x-axis, y-axis > > Just a note on paper size. When we developped the upcoming version of > MapOSMatic (currently at dev.m.o), we struggled to get this paper size > thing right. The problem is that we need at least zoom 16 to get a > meaningful level of detail (99% of street names, POIs, etc) using the > default OSM stylesheet. And at that zoom level, a full map for an > average size city is big, that's all. Try putting it on A4 or even A3, > and it will be unreadable. > > If you try to render smaller sections, you'll get more paper size > choices, like A4 or A5 for example, with the appropriate level of detail > and readability. > > For booklets, the problem does not exist. We just settle on a booklet > size, A5 for example, and add pages as needed to complete the grid > covering the area chosen for rendering. So bottomline this paper size > "issue" (if it is one) really only applies to poster maps. > > - Maxime > -- > Maxime Petazzoni <http://www.bulix.org> > ``One by one, the penguins took away my sanity.'' > Writing software in California >
