On Tue, 27 May 2008, Andy Allan wrote:

> Now, if someone is volunteering to make a concise definition format
> that can be pre-processed into the mapnik XML format (or mapnik python
> code, or even just read by a modified mapnik directly, or whatever)
> then I'd absolutely love to SEE THE WORKING CODE. That osm.xml is an
> unwieldy beast isn't in question, nor are the myriad of possibilities
> to improve it - what is lacking is working alternative.

For OpenPisteMap I create the XML using some PHP code:
https://public.subversion.nexusuk.org/trac/browser/openpistemap/trunk/scripts/mktemplate.php

I've not converted the entire XML file yet, and I don't pretend it is a 
universal solution, but I find it easier to work with than the raw MapNik 
XML file.

It would be nice to have some kind of cascading language so that styles 
can be defined for each object at the top level and then modified for each 
zoom level, but I suspect no one has the time to do it (I certainly 
don't).

  - Steve
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      Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence


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