On 30 Jan 2008, at 19:12, Igor Brejc wrote: > Artem Pavlenko wrote: >> >> >> Mapnik is that tool and it's also free and easy to use ;) . It is >> used in many exciting projects to generate custom maps e.g >> >> http://www.everyblock.com/ >> http://www.placebase.com/ >> http://www.mysociety.org/2007/more-travel-maps/ >> >> >> >>> I believe Kosmos wants to fill that gap. >>> >> >> Kosmos is win32 only and it also relies on inferior GDI+ rendering. >> >> > I don't want to start "which rendering engine/tool is better" > debate. Just my observation: I started developing Kosmos because I > felt there was a gap between "ordinary" (no derogatory meaning) OSM > users wanting to see their local OSM data immediately upon creating > it and heavy-duty rendering engines like Mapnik and [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't > > mean to criticize or anything, but I think installing Mapnik is > quite an undertaking for a non-developer (just by looking at the > Mapnik installation procedure).
Not if you use win32 binaries ;) Mapnik can even have proper win32 installer if you help. > And yes, Kosmos is (currently, but hopefully not for long) win32 only You're obviously capable developer. Please, make it cross-platform. > and it does use inferior GDI+ rendering. But I think it serves its > purpose (well, at least for me it does and that's enough motivation > for me to continue improving it :) ). Don't get de-motivated by my comments and carry on improving Kosmos. > But I do appreciate hard work of other people on OSM. > > Regards, > Igor > > -- > http://igorbrejc.net > Cheers Artem _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
