[OSM-talk] Creating custom OSM sites using the Mapnik OSM plugin?

2010-02-22 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Not sure if talk's the best place for this, rather than dev, but I would guess so as it doesn't relate to OSM development itself. Anyway, some time ago I developed the OSM plugin for Mapnik, but due to other things haven't worked on it for a while. However I always thought that it would be

Re: [OSM-talk] Creating custom OSM sites using the Mapnik OSM plugin?

2010-02-22 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Do people think this is a good idea? It's one of several possibilities that I'd like to work on, though I'd probably only do so if there's sufficient interest and/or I can't resolve the memory issues on my own site in other ways. Sorry to follow up my own post - but I forgot to say, this would

Re: [OSM-talk] Creating custom OSM sites using the Mapnik OSM plugin?

2010-02-22 Thread Jochen Plumeyer
Hi Nick! On Lun 22 Feb 2010, Nick Whitelegg wrote: Do people think this is a good idea? It's one of several possibilities that I'd like to work on, though I'd probably only do so if there's sufficient interest and/or I can't resolve the memory issues on my own site in other ways. well, to

Re: [OSM-talk] Creating custom OSM sites using the Mapnik OSM plugin?

2010-02-22 Thread Jochen Plumeyer
Hi again, Sorry for misinterpreting your mail. Now I understand, that you suggest uploading tiles to a server due to (memory) restrictions. If PostGIS is not what you like, what about MySQL (perhaps without geo extensions, if they depend on libraries not available on a common hosting server

Re: [OSM-talk] Creating custom OSM sites using the Mapnik OSM plugin?

2010-02-22 Thread Joseph Reeves
Hi Nick, I would be very interested in such an application, especially for generating custom tiles from an OSM file for use on mobile devices. Cheers, Joseph On 22 February 2010 12:43, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: Not sure if talk's the best place for this, rather than

Re: [OSM-talk] Creating custom OSM sites using the Mapnik OSM plugin?

2010-02-22 Thread Frederik Ramm
Nick, the main problem with the OSM plugin is that the user group most likely to be unable or unwilling to install PostGIS is also the group least likely to develop their own map style, and the plugin doesn't come with something even remotely resembling what these people usually expect,

Re: [OSM-talk] Creating custom OSM sites using the Mapnik OSM plugin?

2010-02-22 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 13:43, Nick Whitelegg nick.whitel...@solent.ac.uk wrote: Do people think this is a good idea? It's one of several possibilities that I'd like to work on, though I'd probably only do so if there's sufficient interest and/or I can't resolve the memory issues on my own