As for docker container, you can ask me directly. 2014-12-10 16:17 GMT+05:00 Ilya Zverev <i...@zverev.info>:
> Hi, > > Just this morning I've done the final "todo" in the polytiles script: > now it produces tiles 10 times faster, because it renders them in > metatiles. Also MBTiles writer now supports multiprocessing, so it's > also 6-8 times more speed. If you need a lot of tiles, do not download > them from osm.org or other sources, render them yourself: it is > finally faster than downloading. > > https://github.com/zverik/polytiles > > I'd also like to remind of Nik4, the best tool for preparing printed > maps of any region, any size and any quality; and of BigMap 2 for > downloading and stitching some tiles from any of ~20 sources. The > latter can even work online: "Enqueue" button queues a task, and in > 2-3 minutes you'll get your image. The limit for that is 100 tiles. > > https://github.com/zverik/Nik4 > http://bigmap.osmz.ru/ > > As for Nik4, there is "Get Veloroad" service for generating big vector > maps online (basically a front-end to Nik4), but the server has only > data for Russia and some neighbouring countries. Last week Dmitry > Kiselev has made a Docker container for that: just install Docker, > pull the container and start it: > > sudo apt-get install docker.io > sudo docker pull dkiselev/nik4web > sudo docker run -p 8081:80 -i -t dkiselev/nik4web /bin/bash > startup > > The front-end would be at http://localhost:8081/nik4. You would need > to run osm2pgsql with your region before requesting images. With it > you can get PNG or vector SVG images (resolution independent), > pre-processed for a sane page size and for easier movement of labels. > > Finally, yesterday I've translated into English a small geocoding > exercise: https://github.com/Zverik/visgeocode (live at > http://zverik.github.io/visgeocode/en.html ). It takes a CSV file with > addresses in one of columns, runs these addresses through MapQuest > Nominatim, and allows dragging resulting markers if geocoding was not > precise. Then it can turn markers into building contours, but since my > server has only Russia, you'd need to set up your own (maybe install the > cgi script locally). The result can be downloaded either as CSV or > as GeoJSON. We used this page for geocoding 22k addresses in > Saint-Petersburg; Russian version uses three geocoders for better > quality. > > > IZ > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Thank you for your time. Best regards. Dmitry.
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