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Updated Tutorial 2 -- 'Hello world' using an XML stylesheet (markdown)

springmeyer 2012-01-09 09:57:49 -08:00
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GettingStartedInXML.md

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This tutorial covers using an XML stylesheet to rendering output that exactly matches the map output from the pure python example in [Getting Started Python Tutorial](GettingStartedInPython).
## Step 1
### Hello World XML
## Step 1: rendering script
First you will need a python script that sets the basic map parameters and points to the XML stylesheet. Copy the code below and save to a file called `world_map.py`.
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print "rendered image to '%s'" % image
```
## Step 2: data
Now, we need some data to render, let's use a shapefile of world border polygons from http://naturalearthdata.com. Download the data from this wiki's local cache [here](data/110m-admin-0-countries.zip) or directly from the [Natural Earth Data site](http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/cultural/110m-admin-0-countries.zip). Unzip the archive in the same directory as the `world_map.py`. Once unzipped, you should see four files like:
ne_110m_admin_0_countries.shp
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wget https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/data/110m-admin-0-countries.zip
unzip 110m-admin-0-countries.zip # creates ne_110m_admin_0_countries.shp
Next, create the `world_style.xml` file referenced in the `world_map.py` script. Copy this XML and save to a file called `world_style.xml`, also in the same directory as `world_map.py` script.
## Step 3: style
Finally, create the `world_style.xml` file referenced in the `world_map.py` script. Copy this XML and save to a file called `world_style.xml`, also in the same directory as `world_map.py` script.
```xml
<Map background-color="steelblue" srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs">
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</Map>
```
## Step 4: test
Now run the python script:
python world_map.py