From d02f4396c0331849e23e846f19b98664c75bc54b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: springmeyer Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 09:31:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] link to Stev8's Ideas page instead of putting inline --- Code-sprint.md | 35 ++--------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) diff --git a/Code-sprint.md b/Code-sprint.md index ecdd36a..8073981 100644 --- a/Code-sprint.md +++ b/Code-sprint.md @@ -28,37 +28,8 @@ Coding, documentation and fun. The previous Mapnik code sprint in September 201 This time, we'll tackle some more bugs, some of the lingering Top ten Cartography Wishes from last time, and perhaps knock out some awesome new Mapnik documentation for the ever-increasing user community. -### Top Ten Tasks +Last time, the *Top Ten* Advanced Cartography Wishes looked a bit like this: [Ideas](Ideas). Those that have been completed in the interim are struck-through. -Last time, the Top Ten* Advanced Cartography Wishes looked a bit like this. Those that have been completed in the interim are struck-through. - -http://www.slideshare.net/steve8/what-id-like-to-do-with-mapnik-4756837 - -1) icon rotation: could also be used for amenity=viewpoint when tagged with viewing angles - -2) SVG icons: allow replacing colors (e.g. color a black icon in blue); have an alpha parameter (done) - -3) move icon a bit if it would collide with others - -4) replace an already placed icon with a collection icon when there is another one to be shown right there - -5) push lines apart so that there is a minimum distance between them (nearly done) - -6) be able to construct file names from tag values in XML (e.g. "symbol_file=parking.svg" should be mapped to e.g. ~/mapnik/parking.svg or http://example.com/parking.svg). Right now, people resort to generating XML styles by a script. (done, see "PathExpressions") - -7) when there is a very curvy road, place the name along a smoothed line (when the text is not centered to the line but with a dy) (nearly done) - -8) multi-line text constructed from several tags, e.g. for peak name and height (can be done when you accept the same styling for these text fragments) - -9) stronger coupling between icon and text (maybe similar to the ShieldSymbolizer?) so that manual text dy tweaking is not required anymore (want to be able to say: "place this icon in size 20x20 and put the text in size 12pt five pixels below it") - -10) collapsing of little small areas with the same tags into a single big one (for e.g. a big forest), so that e.g. the name is drawn only once - -11) be able to suppress automatic text rotation (per style or layer) - contour lines should always be displayed so that the base line of the text points to the lower ground - -12) underlined text (for e.g. capitals) - -13) sometimes, peak names drawn in a half circle, would be ### Attending - Artem Pavlenko (UK), Mapnik Founder and Lead Developer @@ -72,6 +43,4 @@ Add your personal tasks and interests here. - Interested in Docs, testing, carto styling, 2.1 release (Dane) - Mapnik documentation and tutorials (Richard) - add your tasks and goals -- ... - -* FSVO "ten" \ No newline at end of file +- ... \ No newline at end of file