mapnik-utils

Tools, scripts, and programs utilizing Mapnik's python bindings to ease the process of developing, testing, and producing map graphics with the C++ mapping toolkit.

Cascadenik -- Cascading Stylesheets For Mapnik

• Cascadenik implements cascading stylesheets for Mapnik.
• Docs: see Cascadenik.

Nik2img -- In Mapnik xml, out Map image

• A command line tool for generating map images given a Cascadenik mml or Mapnik xml mapfile.
• Docs: See Nik2Img

TileLite -- Lightweight python tile server

• Incubation is happening at bitbucket.
• For docs and more info see: http://bitbucket.org/springmeyer/tilelite

Quantumnik -- Mapnik integration with QGIS

• Incubation is happening at bitbucket.
• For docs and more info see: http://bitbucket.org/springmeyer/quantumnik

Example Code -- Learn by example

• Code samples highlighting the basics of the python bindings and the XML mapfile syntax.
• Topics covered include Symbolizers,Thematic/Chloropleth mapping, Reprojection, PostGIS
• Example configurations are available for using OpenLayers with TileCache and the WMS OGCServer
• Docs: These are for self-learners, no docs planned.

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Overview

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Contributing

By all means, post patches or your own scripts to an issue in the 'Issues' tab. If they look useful, then we'll invite you to be a member.

Add yourself as a user of mapnik-utils at Ohloh: https://www.ohloh.net/p/mapnik-utils

Future scripts

Planned work targets mapnik integration with GeoDjango, OpenLayers, and various thematic mapping/graphing toolkits.

Image Gallery

OpenStreetMap restyled using Cascadnik

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Generating simple graphics in a variety of projections from postgis and shapefiles is easy:

Mollweide Projection	Google Mercator Projection