On 7 January 2011 13:51, pavithran <pavithran.s@???> wrote:
> Mapnik IMHO is not simple and it requires dependencies on the server
> which you want to host . Instead you can generate tiles using
> Tiles@Home client[1] which uses osmarender[2] for rendering . and
> upload the tiles to any web server you like . Some JS with the help of
> openlayers[3] can get you going .
>
> I have done it for my home town and am very happy with it :) .
> PS: take care of attributing the OSM project properly .
>
> 1. T @ H client http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/T@H
> 2. Osmarender http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmarender
> 3. Openayers http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Openlayers
In my experience, osmarender is much slower at rendering that Mapnik.
I played with that first and joined the Tiles at Home effort for some
time.
Mapnik does not need to be run on a server. I have it installed along
with its dependencies on my desktop machine. I can't remember, but I
think it all came from the Ubuntu packages. Admittedly, the more RAM
you can give it the better. Also, I doubt you will want to render the
whole planet, so only grab extracts for the area you are interested
in. In fact, Mapnik is still useful without a database. It will render
from shape files just fine, but to do interesting things like 'render
all roads within this boundary', it is so simple with PostGIS, that
setting up the database is worth the effort.
Mapnik will also produce tiles suitable for Openlayers use.
You can also do fun things like this :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bc50sC8adM
--
Philip Stubbs
