Design map raster generator

[ctengel]

Preferred

• input a JSON file
  • has coords for map pull
  • has points, routes, etc
• generate SVG of map, trains, etc
• pull raster from map data source
• add map data as lower SVG layer or merge two
• output SVG or raster with all

Alternate

• input a JSON file
• output KML, etc with needed shapes
• feed to map software
• output raster

[ctengel]

http://maps.stamen.com/

https://stamen-tiles.a.ssl.fastly.net/watercolor/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpg

also see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_servers

https://github.com/python-visualization/folium

https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/140996/seeking-documentation-for-z-x-y-syntax-in-tilesource-urls

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11321718/how-can-i-display-osm-tiles-using-python

https://contextily.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

https://alastairflynn.com/maps/

https://pypi.org/project/download-tiles/

https://github.com/AlexandreLouisnard/map-tiles-downloader-python/blob/master/python_map_tiles_downloader.py

https://github.com/heldersepu/gmapcatcher

https://www.python-graph-gallery.com/288-map-background-with-folium https://vexceldata.com/lets-get-technical-using-web-map-tiles-in-python-pt-1/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28476117/easy-openstreetmap-tile-displaying-for-python

https://github.com/AliFlux/MapTilesDownloader

WMTS

[ctengel]

To complete we need a vague idea of how we would download map tiles etc

[ctengel]

SVG libs

• https://github.com/mozman/svgwrite
• https://github.com/pygobject/pycairo
• https://github.com/cduck/drawSvg