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<!-- Name: LearningMapnik -->
<!-- Version: 7 -->
<!-- Last-Modified: 2010/05/02 11:05:01 -->
<!-- Author: springmeyer -->
# Learning Mapnik
== Background ==
## Background
*How to Approach Map Design*
* MapDesign -- use Mapnik to design better looking maps!
[[MapDesign]] -- use Mapnik to design better looking maps!
*How to understand GIS Concepts*
* [wiki:IntroductionToGIS] -- a brief intro to the world of mapping systems
* Projections, geodetics, and polygons, oh my...
**Understanding GIS Concepts**
* [[IntroductionToGIS]] -- a brief intro to the world of mapping systems
* Projections, geodetics, and polygons, oh my...
## Core Topics
*How to Style your Maps*
* SymbologySupport
**How to Style your Maps**
*How to combine Map styles and Layers*
* See the MapnikTutorials
* XML Mapfile details [wiki:XMLConfigReference]
* [[SymbologySupport]]
*How to read in data*
* PluginArchitecture
**How to combine Map styles and Layers**
*How to use the Mapnik Python Bindings*
* See the python api docs here: http://media.mapnik.org/api_docs/python/
* You can generate these docs yourself too, look at source:trunk/docs/epydoc_config/readme.txt
* Check out the MapnikTutorials and the references at ExampleCode
* Study applications like Cascadenik or Nik2img at http://mapnik-utils.googlecode.com/
* See the [[MapnikTutorials]]
* XML Mapfile details [[XMLConfigReference]]
*How to use Custom Fonts*
* UsingCustomFonts
**How to read in data**
== Performance ==
* [[PluginArchitecture]]
[wiki:OptimizeRenderingWithPostGIS] -- Optimize rendering speed and simplify the stylesheet with PostGIS
**How to use the Mapnik Python Bindings**
* See the python api docs [here](http://media.mapnik.org/api_docs/python/)
* Check out the [[MapnikTutorials]] and the references at [[ExampleCode]]
* Study applications like Cascadenik or Nik2img at http://mapnik-utils.googlecode.com/
**How to use Custom Fonts**
* [[UsingCustomFonts]]
## Performance
[[OptimizeRenderingWithPostGIS]] -- Optimize rendering speed and simplify the stylesheet with PostGIS
## Advanced Topics
MapnikRenderers -- Render with AGG or Cairo
[[MapnikRenderers]] -- Render with AGG or Cairo
LabelingSupport -- Discover the intricacies of label placement.
[[LabelingSupport]] -- Discover the intricacies of label placement.
OutputFormats -- Which format to use based on speed, quality, and rendering tradeoffs.
[[OutputFormats]] -- Which format to use based on speed, quality, and rendering tradeoffs.
[Generating Contours](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Contours) - Using Mapnik with GDAL to build contours of the world.
ManagingLargeXmlFiles -- Do things once and only once using XML entities.
[[ManagingLargeXmlFiles]] -- Do things once and only once using XML entities.
[Hooking up Mapnik to PostGIS](/wiki:PostGIS/)
[[Hooking up Mapnik to PostGIS|PostGIS]]
[Scale and Scale denominators](/wiki:ScaleAndPpi/) -- Scale, Projection and Pixels Per Inch: what it means for determining the scale of your rendered and printed maps.
[[ModServer]] -- An experimental mod_python server for Mapnik
ModServer -- An experimental mod_python server for Mapnik
[[IntegrateWithWxPython]] -- Demonstrate how to integrate mapnik with wxPython
[wiki:IntegrateWithWxPython] -- Demonstrate how to integrate mapnik with wxPython
[[FontSet]] -- Fallback fonts support
[wiki:FontSet] -- Fallback fonts support
MapnikReferences -- Various other resources related to Mapnik and Mapping
[[MapnikReferences]] -- Various other resources related to Mapnik and Mapping