Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:16 AM, maning sambale wrote: > Now the only thing I need to do is cramp the whole map features page > in an A4 as a user guide. Same with birdwatchers Bird ID Guide I > used before. a cheat sheet! really needed, and it will make something worth pushing also through the osm shop. -S ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
Now the only thing I need to do is cramp the whole map features page in an A4 as a user guide. Same with birdwatchers Bird ID Guide I used before. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:09 PM, maning sambale wrote: > Just the thing I need: > > http://walking-papers.org/ > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:01 AM, maning > sambale wrote: >> Being almost road complete (except for a few private footways). I >> find walking with a plain map, pen and paper to be the best way to >> add more detail like POIs, housenumber, etc. >> If I could make a rough "streetatlas", a workable target would be to >> map POIs and street numbers for like 4-pages-per-week. >> > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > -- > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > -- > -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
Just the thing I need: http://walking-papers.org/ On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:01 AM, maning sambale wrote: > Being almost road complete (except for a few private footways). I > find walking with a plain map, pen and paper to be the best way to > add more detail like POIs, housenumber, etc. > If I could make a rough "streetatlas", a workable target would be to > map POIs and street numbers for like 4-pages-per-week. > -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
2009/5/27 Richard Fairhurst : > > Matt Amos wrote: >> i've found that printers often prefer high resolution images >> over PDFs, but these are also pretty easy to generate. for the >> mappa mercia A0 print [1] it looks like 9934 x 14046 (300dpi) >> was a good resolution. > > > > We send the magazine to the printers as PDFs, _but_ we always embed the maps > into each page as high-resolution TIFFs (i.e. non-lossy) - usually 300dpi > CMYK. > > The big advantage of doing it this way is that you avoid any font (or other) > embedding problems. The alternative is to convert the text to outlines > before saving it in your vector format of choice (PDF/EPS/Illustrator), > which also works well. In theory you can embed the fonts in the PDF if the > font permissions are ok, but generally you only find out that this hasn't > worked once 25,000 copies have come back from the printers. > > If you pick up a copy of the Waterways World Annual 2009 (for which someone > else did the maps, not me) you'll see we have a map of the Broads without > any rivers on it. :| > > cheers > Richard I'm not sure I really want to use PDF but I'm thinking that the standard map rendering is not always the best solution and that there must be some way of offering choice, So we can offer a 1:5 map of where ever that is 1:5 for the whole piece of paper or screen being viewed, Even if the map can't be a slippy map and needs to be used more like a book. Only problem then is we are back the situation where the place you want is always on the fold. Strength being, Its something I've not seen and a strength I've not seen done. Peter. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
Matt Amos wrote: > i've found that printers often prefer high resolution images > over PDFs, but these are also pretty easy to generate. for the > mappa mercia A0 print [1] it looks like 9934 x 14046 (300dpi) > was a good resolution. We send the magazine to the printers as PDFs, _but_ we always embed the maps into each page as high-resolution TIFFs (i.e. non-lossy) - usually 300dpi CMYK. The big advantage of doing it this way is that you avoid any font (or other) embedding problems. The alternative is to convert the text to outlines before saving it in your vector format of choice (PDF/EPS/Illustrator), which also works well. In theory you can embed the fonts in the PDF if the font permissions are ok, but generally you only find out that this hasn't worked once 25,000 copies have come back from the printers. If you pick up a copy of the Waterways World Annual 2009 (for which someone else did the maps, not me) you'll see we have a map of the Broads without any rivers on it. :| cheers Richard -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/script-to-cut-a-big-OSM-map-into-letter-or-A4-size-papers-tp23716831p23744965.html Sent from the OpenStreetMap - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Peter Childs wrote: > I'm thinking web based script that produced pdf files of OSM would be > really really good, Possibly rendering direct to PDF (which is > actually a vector based format) > > Possibly done so the scale was correct on each page rather than trying > to fit a globe on a bit of paper. (Like a big road map) and we don't > end up with page after page of blue sea. > > I'm thinking php can produce pdfs quite well so why not. you might want to look at the python bindings and scripts (e.g: http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/mapnik/generate_image.py) which can easily generate PDF using pycairo rather than the raster image output. > If done well, we could then send the pdf to a printer and get it > published. I'm thinking a published Road Atlas sitting on the book > shelf next the the RAC and AA versions would be rather impressive. > (and a good money spinner to boot) i've found that printers often prefer high resolution images over PDFs, but these are also pretty easy to generate. for the mappa mercia A0 print [1] it looks like 9934 x 14046 (300dpi) was a good resolution. cheers, matt [1] http://blog.mappa-mercia.org/2009/03/birmingham-solihull-map-now-in-print.html ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
2009/5/27 Arlindo Pereira : > Wow, I second that question, that would be very nice. I'm no scripter > myself, but I suppose that it won't be needed to render the tiles on > the device, just tome way to download the png tiles from the server > and print them side to side. > > [] > > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 23:01, maning sambale > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> There used to be a osm pdf atlas. Is there a script somewhere that can: >> >> 1. download mapnik tiles of a certain bounding box like a small city >> at z17 or 18; >> 2. cut the image into printable size like an A4 or letter size paper. >> >> Being almost road complete (except for a few private footways). I >> find walking with a plain map, pen and paper to be the best way to >> add more detail like POIs, housenumber, etc. >> If I could make a rough "streetatlas", a workable target would be to >> map POIs and street numbers for like 4-pages-per-week. >> I'm thinking web based script that produced pdf files of OSM would be really really good, Possibly rendering direct to PDF (which is actually a vector based format) Possibly done so the scale was correct on each page rather than trying to fit a globe on a bit of paper. (Like a big road map) and we don't end up with page after page of blue sea. I'm thinking php can produce pdfs quite well so why not. If done well, we could then send the pdf to a printer and get it published. I'm thinking a published Road Atlas sitting on the book shelf next the the RAC and AA versions would be rather impressive. (and a good money spinner to boot) Peter. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
Wow, I second that question, that would be very nice. I'm no scripter myself, but I suppose that it won't be needed to render the tiles on the device, just tome way to download the png tiles from the server and print them side to side. [] On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 23:01, maning sambale wrote: > Hi, > > There used to be a osm pdf atlas. Is there a script somewhere that can: > > 1. download mapnik tiles of a certain bounding box like a small city > at z17 or 18; > 2. cut the image into printable size like an A4 or letter size paper. > > Being almost road complete (except for a few private footways). I > find walking with a plain map, pen and paper to be the best way to > add more detail like POIs, housenumber, etc. > If I could make a rough "streetatlas", a workable target would be to > map POIs and street numbers for like 4-pages-per-week. > > -- > cheers, > maning > -- > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > -- > > ___ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Arlindo Saraiva Pereira Jr. Bacharelando em Sistemas de Informação - UNIRIO - uniriotec.br Consultor de Software Livre da UNIRIOTEC Consultoria - uniriotec.com Acadêmico: arlindo.pere...@uniriotec.br Profissional: arlindo.pere...@uniriotec.com Geral: cont...@arlindopereira.com Tel.: +5521 92504072 Jabber/Google Talk: nig...@nighto.net Skype: nighto_sumomo Chave pública: BD065DEC ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] script to cut a big OSM map into letter or A4 size papers
Hi, There used to be a osm pdf atlas. Is there a script somewhere that can: 1. download mapnik tiles of a certain bounding box like a small city at z17 or 18; 2. cut the image into printable size like an A4 or letter size paper. Being almost road complete (except for a few private footways). I find walking with a plain map, pen and paper to be the best way to add more detail like POIs, housenumber, etc. If I could make a rough "streetatlas", a workable target would be to map POIs and street numbers for like 4-pages-per-week. -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk