I had no idea how to make custom maps, so I learnt by doing. You should too.

Re:I had no idea how to make custom maps, so I learnt by doi... by epoxyhockey on Monday February 13, 2012 @03:11PM (#3587145)

As someone who spent the better part of the weekend hacking up all of the Mapnik style XML files, it is great to see how someone gets things done more easily in TileMill.

I decided to go the mod_tile / Mapnik route so that I could generate tiles on the fly, world-wide. I have to agree that map styling is a huge time drain! Not only is it difficult for a map novice, such as myself, to figure out what all of the different Rules mean, but then the OCD takes over getting everything perfect. :)

Great write-up and really cool map style! I haven't even looked into customizing fonts yet. ;)

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Re:I had no idea how to make custom maps, so I learnt by doi... by kkaefer on Monday February 13, 2012 @03:48PM (#3587280)

TileMill has an export feature: You can design your map in TileMill, then export the style as Mapnik XML.

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Re:I had no idea how to make custom maps, so I learnt by doi... by epoxyhockey on Monday February 13, 2012 @04:18PM (#3587381)

Thanks - yes, I initially tried this, but I believe the exported format is for mapnik2, whereas the mod_tile package I am using seems to be for mapnik 0.7. I didn't really know what I was doing at the time and figured that I would edit the XML files that already seemed to be working.

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