Hi Paul, This is very good. I had to convert the print 'xxxxx'.format() statements into the ' %d ' % (xxx) format to get it to run on my computer (not sure if that is a python version issue), but it is producing nice clear paginated output.
Thanks Graham. On 22 February 2012 03:38, Paul Norman <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, February 19, 2012 2:50 AM > *To:* Paul Norman > *Cc:* Steve Bennett; [email protected] > *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" <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, February 19, 2012 1:08 AM > *To:* Steve Bennett > *Cc:* Paul Norman; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [OSM-talk] Printed map books**** > > > > > > Hi, > > The two 'townguide' ones are mine, but the demonstration web service at > townguide.webhop.n...**** > > -- Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK.
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