Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-06 Thread Brian Quinion
>> Vector (SVG) symbols in mapnik are a work in progress, and not currently >> implemented in the main codebase. > Are higher resolution icons an option? The majority of the icons used are available as SVG, see here: http://www.sjjb.co.uk/mapicons/SJJBMapIconsv0_03.tar.gz (if anyone can ever get

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-06 Thread Matthias Julius
Lennard writes: > Matthias Julius wrote: > >> Are higher resolution icons an option? > > Probably, but you'll need lots of different sizes for different sized areas. Really? The level of detail one wants to see is independent of the size of the area. If I want to print a 1:1 map all icons

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Peter Körner
> Vector (SVG) symbols in mapnik are a work in progress I'm the one who sumbited the lates patch mapnik_svg.r1433.2.patch, but I gave up. I never developed C++ nor du I have any experiences with Cairo. So I'm unsure if one can call this "in progress"... Peter __

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Lennard
Matthias Julius wrote: > Are higher resolution icons an option? Probably, but you'll need lots of different sizes for different sized areas. -- Lennard ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Matthias Julius
Lennard writes: > David MENTRE wrote: > >> No. As far as I know, Mapnik icons for PDF are bitmaps. We are using >> Mapnik, so any request regarding rendering should be adressed to >> Mapnik. If you know how to use vector icons in Mapnik, I'll be glad to >> know it. :-) > > Vector (SVG) symbols in

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Lennard
David MENTRE wrote: > No. As far as I know, Mapnik icons for PDF are bitmaps. We are using > Mapnik, so any request regarding rendering should be adressed to > Mapnik. If you know how to use vector icons in Mapnik, I'll be glad to > know it. :-) Vector (SVG) symbols in mapnik are a work in progre

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread David MENTRE
Hello, 2010/1/5 Matthias Julius : > I have one request: The PDFs are very nice vector graphics - except > for the icons.  When zooming in to detail level they look ugly.  Could > they be included as vectors, too?  (Aren't they derived from SVGs?) No. As far as I know, Mapnik icons for PDF are bit

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Dane Springmeyer
On Jan 5, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Matthias Julius wrote: > Thomas Petazzoni writes: > >> As a new year's present, the MapOSMatic team is proud to announce >> that >> a new version of the maposmatic.org website has been put online, with >> major improvements over the initial version announced in Sept

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Matthias Julius
Thomas Petazzoni writes: > As a new year's present, the MapOSMatic team is proud to announce that > a new version of the maposmatic.org website has been put online, with > major improvements over the initial version announced in September 2009. I like it! I have one request: The PDFs are very n

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Ulf Lamping wrote: > I'm not 100% sure about admin_level 6, this would probably be larger > cities like Munich (the wiki is talking about "district free > cities"/"kreisfreie Stadt"). But admin_level 6 is a "departement" in France. If it is enabled in the tool, som

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 01:51:40PM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > We have been told by other users from Germany that level 8 doesn't work > for large cities such as Berlin or Münich. I've been told that level 6 > was the appropriate level for Germany. > > On the other hand, on http://nominatim.o

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 05.01.2010 13:51, schrieb Thomas Petazzoni: > Hello, > > Le Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:08:14 +0100, > Ulf Lamping a écrit : > >> Keeping the default level 8 would be ok here in germany :-) > > We have been told by other users from Germany that level 8 doesn't work > for large cities such as Berlin or

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Hello, Le Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:08:14 +0100, Ulf Lamping a écrit : > Keeping the default level 8 would be ok here in germany :-) We have been told by other users from Germany that level 8 doesn't work for large cities such as Berlin or Münich. I've been told that level 6 was the appropriate level

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 05.01.2010 09:44, schrieb Thomas Petazzoni: > Hello, > > Le Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:38:18 +1000, > John Smith a écrit : > >> Also the admin boundaries don't seem to work, or maposmatic is looking >> for something completely different than is entered in Australia. >> >> As a result it's telling peopl

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Jonas Krückel
Am 04.01.2010 um 21:54 schrieb Thomas Petazzoni: > Hello, > > As a new year's present, the MapOSMatic team is proud to announce that > a new version of the maposmatic.org website has been put online, with > major improvements over the initial version announced in September 2009. > Hi, first o

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread David MENTRE
2010/1/5 John Smith : > Do I have to add yet another account, on yet another bug tracker? No. http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=maposmatic Thanks, d. ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/d

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread John Smith
2010/1/5 Thomas Petazzoni : > This is also on our TODO-list, but we don't really know how to > implement this. Where on the map/index should the split be done ? There is another project that already does this, I think they are GPL'd... www.mappage.org/atlas you just need to have PNG images a simi

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread John Smith
2010/1/5 Thomas Petazzoni : > We use administrative boundaries of admin_level=8. According to > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative, these > administrative boundaries correspond to "Postcode border (used for GIS > and census)" in Australia. admin_level=10 for suburb bo

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread John Smith
2010/1/5 David MENTRE : > Could you open a bug with this use case? Do I have to add yet another account, on yet another bug tracker? This is the Moree, NSW, AU boundary... http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/98889 ___ dev mailing list dev@ope

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread John Smith
2010/1/5 David MENTRE : > We have such plans but haven't had time to do it yet (contributions welcomed): I try to contribute where possible, but I'm over extending myself at present for a number of things. ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread David MENTRE
Hello John, 2010/1/5 John Smith : > Also the admin boundaries don't seem to work, or maposmatic is looking > for something completely different than is entered in Australia. > > As a result it's telling people to enter admin boundaries that > effectively already exist. Could you provide us a use

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Hello, Le Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:38:18 +1000, John Smith a écrit : > Also the admin boundaries don't seem to work, or maposmatic is looking > for something completely different than is entered in Australia. > > As a result it's telling people to enter admin boundaries that > effectively already exi

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread David MENTRE
Hello John, 2010/1/5 John Smith : > Any plans to make the index + map output in the same PDF? > > Any plans to split the map into multiple pages in the PDF like a > street directory? We have such plans but haven't had time to do it yet (contributions welcomed): https://savannah.nongnu.org/task/

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Hello John, Le Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:30:05 +1000, John Smith a écrit : > Any plans to make the index + map output in the same PDF? It is on our TODO-list: http://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?9665 > Any plans to split the map into multiple pages in the PDF like a > street directory? This is also on

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread John Smith
Also the admin boundaries don't seem to work, or maposmatic is looking for something completely different than is entered in Australia. As a result it's telling people to enter admin boundaries that effectively already exist. ___ dev mailing list dev@op

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread John Smith
Any plans to make the index + map output in the same PDF? Any plans to split the map into multiple pages in the PDF like a street directory? ___ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread David MENTRE
Hello, 2010/1/5 Jukka Rahkonen : > Does MapOSMatic create > for example a corresponding .pgw world file for georeferencing the image so > that > it could be used as a background image in GIS programs? Currently no. Contributions are welcome. ;-) Regards, david _

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-05 Thread Jukka Rahkonen
Thomas Petazzoni enix.org> writes: > For the record, MapOSMatic is a website that allows to generate city > maps from OpenStreetMap data. Each map is divided into squares to > easily find streets and is delivered with the corresponding street > index. Hi, I can see that png image is one of the

Re: [OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-04 Thread Colin Marquardt
2010/1/4 Thomas Petazzoni : > As a new year's present, the MapOSMatic team is proud to announce that > a new version of the maposmatic.org website has been put online, with > major improvements over the initial version announced in September 2009. Just awesome, thanks very much for this service.

[OSM-dev] Major improvements to MapOSMatic

2010-01-04 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Hello, As a new year's present, the MapOSMatic team is proud to announce that a new version of the maposmatic.org website has been put online, with major improvements over the initial version announced in September 2009. For the record, MapOSMatic is a website that allows to generate city maps fr