[OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Jo
Hi, Say I would like to set up a server myself. I want to: * show highways more with the colours used on Michelin maps * show a bicycle map as three overlays (transparent, with a possibility to switch them on and off) * show bus routes for each bus separately as overlays (transparent layers) 1.

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Chris Jones
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Jo wrote: > Say I would like to set up a server myself. I want to: > > * show highways more with the colours used on Michelin maps > * show a bicycle map as three overlays (transparent, with a possibility > to switch them on and off) > * show bus routes for each bus separately

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Jo
Hi Chris, Thanks for your answer. Chris Jones wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Jo wrote: > >> Say I would like to set up a server myself. I want to: >> >> * show highways more with the colours used on Michelin maps >> * show a bicycle map as three overlays (transparent, with a possibility >> to swit

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Jo
Do the transparent layers take the same amount of time to render as the base layer for a given area? Polyglot ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Chris Jones
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Jo wrote: >>> 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? >> >> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik > It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? How often is the planet file > generated? Say I would like to have daily updates instead of weekly. Is t

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do the transparent layers take the same amount of time to render as the > base layer for a given area? > This will depend entirely on what you put on them, and how you organise that data in the database. Assuming your transparent l

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Andy Allan
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Jo wrote: > > > >>> 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? > >> > >> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik > > It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? How often is the p

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Jo wrote: > > > >>> 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? > >> > >> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik > > It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? How often is the p

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Andy Allan
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Dave Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do the transparent layers take the same amount of time to render as the > > base layer for a given area? > > > > > This will depend entirely on what you

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Dave Stubbs
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Andy Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Dave Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do the transparent layers take the same amount of time to render as the > >

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-22 Thread Tom Chance
Hello, On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:01:39 +0100, Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Say I would like to set up a server myself. I want to: > > * show highways more with the colours used on Michelin maps > * show a bicycle map as three overlays (transparent, with a possibility > to switch them on and off)

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-29 Thread Gervase Markham
>>> 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? >> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik > It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? I'm surprised by that reaction... I just read the Mapnik page and thought "that's flipping complicated". Mapnik itself, judging by http:/

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-29 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:21:04PM +, Gervase Markham wrote: > >>> 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? > >> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik > > It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? > > I'm surprised by that reaction... I just read the Mapnik page an

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-02-29 Thread Jon Burgess
On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 22:21 +, Gervase Markham wrote: > >>> 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? > >> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik > > It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? > > I'm surprised by that reaction... I just read the Mapnik page and > t

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-03-01 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mapnik itself, judging by http://www.mapnik.org/, seems to regard the > whole PosgreSQL thing as optional. Is there any way of getting OSM data > into a format Mapnik will render without having to set up a database?

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-03-01 Thread Jo
Gervase Markham schreef: 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? >>> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik >>> >> It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? >> > > I'm surprised by that reaction... I just read the Mapnik page and > though

Re: [OSM-talk] rendering with mapnik, what do I need?

2008-03-02 Thread Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)
Am Samstag, 1. März 2008 18:27:42 schrieb Jo: > Gervase Markham schreef: > 2. What do I need? PostgreSQL? Python? What else? > >>> > >>> See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Mapnik > >> > >> It's rather short. Is it really that simple...? > > > > I'm surprised by that reaction... I just