Hi,
this is probably a niche application but I have just played around a
bit with the aim to create large (as in 5000x5000 pixel or bigger)
globe-shaped images with ti...@home tiles.
On a whole-world level, ti...@home tiles give a better impression of
"where we have something" than the Mapnik ones. But Marble, which
creates nice "globe" pictures, uses Mapnik, so I modified Marble's tile
source and after that tricked Marble into running on a virtual 5000x5000
desktop so I could grab a nice image off of it.
Here is an example:
http://www.remote.org/frederik/tmp/marble.jpg
And here is how to do it (needs Linux):
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Frederik_Ramm/Creating_Very_Large_Marble_Images
I would be interested in hearing other techniques for creating similar
images with other tools. I'm sure it must be possible with Mapnik but
you will have to import the whole planet and it will take ages to render
that level of detail, and you would not have the interactivity that
comes with Marble.
Bye
Frederik
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