Renderers feature list
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This is a list of features of the all renderers.
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What data format is used to render
- mapnik specially prepared Postgis database or Openstreetmap XML
- Osmarender standard Openstreetmap XML
- Kosmos standard Openstreetmap XML
- navit specific binary format
- gosmore specific binary format
- Phprender specific text format see Tile
- Pyrender specific text format see Tile
- Party render standard GPX files
- Osmdiff standard Openstreetmap XML
- Osmrender.pl (osmgraph.pm) standard Openstreetmap XML (also .bz2 with newset osm.pm)
- Mapping Quality standard Openstreetmap XML (also .bz2 with newset osm.pm)
- Cobra standard Openstreetmap XML
- Mapgen.pl uses standard Openstreetmap XML (also .bz2)
- Mapweaver uses standard Openstreetmap XML (also .bz2 and .pbf)
What image formats does it support
- mapnik PNG, JPG, PDF, SVG, Postscript
- Osmarender SVG (for webbrowsers) PNG (with add ons)
- Kosmos PNG (with or without a worldfile), PDF (by using a PDF printer driver, like this one)
- Navit application window
- Gosmore applications window
- Phprender PNG
- Pyrender PNG
- Party render Video files
- Osmdiff PNG
- Osmrender.pl PNG and SVG
- Mapping Quality PNG
- Cobra PNG, SVG
- Mapgen.pl creates SVG but can invoke inkscape to create PNG and PDF on the fly
- Mapweaver creates SVG but can invoke inkscape to create PNG and PDF on the fly
Works with tiles for slippymap
- mapnik, yes static files or on-demand caching with mod_tile
- Kosmos, yes builtin tile server
- Pyrender, yes on the fly rendering
- Phprender, yes on the fly rendering
- Osmarender with add on, not by default.
- Cobra, yes
Does not support tiles
Gosmore, Navit, Osmdiff, Party render, Osmrender.pl, osmgraph.pm, Mapping Quality, Mapgen.pl, Mapweaver
Would be very interesting to see support for tiles in Party render, imagine tiled youtube videos...
Example renders
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