You might also want to look at some of the newer 'map book' plugins for Quantum GIS.
David. On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Paul Norman <penor...@mac.com> wrote: > I’ve thrown something together in python. It uses mapnik for rendering the > maps and cairo for page layout. It’s on github at > https://github.com/pnorman/mapbook but it’s very much in a development > stage. > > I intend to add > > - Arrows at the edges, indicating what page to go if you want to > look in that direction > > - An index page at the front > > - The ability to skip maps > > > > From: Graham Jones [mailto:grahamjones...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 2:50 AM > To: Paul Norman > Cc: Steve Bennett; talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: RE: [OSM-talk] Printed map books > > > > My townguide python script does that - it uses a library to put the mapnik > generated images onto pdf pages along with other text. > > from my phone > > On 19 Feb 2012 09:37, "Paul Norman" <penor...@mac.com> wrote: > > Pdfatlas appears to use a custom rendering language, and I’d rather avoid > that. It also hasn’t been updated in 5 years. > > > > What I’m considering writing is a set of python scripts that build the map > with mapnik and then piece the pages together. Do you think inkscape is the > easiest way to build the PDFs from the command line? > > > > > > From: Graham Jones [mailto:grahamjones...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 1:08 AM > To: Steve Bennett > Cc: Paul Norman; talk@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Printed map books > > > > > > Hi, > > The two 'townguide' ones are mine, but the demonstration web service at > townguide.webhop.n... > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
