Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of RenderingOsmData

Timestamp:

Jul 15, 2009, 11:07:21 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

yjacolin

Comment:

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RenderingOsmData

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 === Download ===
 
- * Download an osm excerpt, for example from http://downloads.cloudmade.com/oceania/australia/australia.osm.bz2
+ * Download an osm excerpt, for example from http://downloads.cloudmade.com/oceania/australia/australia.osm.bz2, other countries can be found at http://downloads.cloudmade.com/
 
  * Optionally, download and unzip the shapefiles containing the world coastlines from http://hypercube.telascience.org/~kleptog/processed_p.zip (this shapefile isn't included or rendered with the supplied mapfile)
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 this is a work in progress mapfile, that compiles a template and a style file into a full-blown MapServer mapfile. The supplied Makefile supposes that the C preprocessor is installed on your system. The ''fonts.lst'' file contains the path to the two fonts used: adapt to reference similar fonts if the ones in the file don't exist on your system.
+
+You may need to edit the mapfile to change the EXTENT parameter to suit your own data. To find the correct extent, run this command:
+{{{
+# su postgres
+# psql -d osm -c "SELECT extent(way) FROM osm_line"
+}}}
+Return should be (for France) something like:
+{{{
+                     extent
+-------------------------------------------------
+ BOX(-572406.4375 5067315,1064254.875 6637725.5)
+(1 row)
+}}}
 
 {{{