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+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * This file is part of Mapnik (c++ mapping toolkit)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Artem Pavlenko, Jean-Francois Doyon
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+//$Id$
+
+
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+#include <mapnik/image_scaling.hpp>
+#include "mapnik_enumeration.hpp"
+
+void export_scaling_method()
+{
+    using namespace boost::python;
+
+    enum_<mapnik::scaling_method_e>("scaling_method")
+        .value("NEAR", mapnik::SCALING_NEAR)
+        .value("BILINEAR", mapnik::SCALING_BILINEAR)
+        .value("BICUBIC", mapnik::SCALING_BICUBIC)
+        .value("SPLINE16", mapnik::SCALING_SPLINE16)
+        .value("SPLINE36", mapnik::SCALING_SPLINE36)
+        .value("HANNING", mapnik::SCALING_HANNING)
+        .value("HAMMING", mapnik::SCALING_HAMMING)
+        .value("HERMITE", mapnik::SCALING_HERMITE)
+        .value("KAISER", mapnik::SCALING_KAISER)
+        .value("QUADRIC", mapnik::SCALING_QUADRIC)
+        .value("CATROM", mapnik::SCALING_CATROM)
+        .value("GAUSSIAN", mapnik::SCALING_GAUSSIAN)
+        .value("BESSEL", mapnik::SCALING_BESSEL)
+        .value("MITCHELL", mapnik::SCALING_MITCHELL)
+        .value("SINC", mapnik::SCALING_SINC)
+        .value("LANCZOS", mapnik::SCALING_LANCZOS)
+        .value("BLACKMAN", mapnik::SCALING_BLACKMAN)
+        .value("BILINEAR8", mapnik::SCALING_BILINEAR8)
+        ;
+}