[ gpsdrive ] Mapnik and OSM - getting closer but not yet...

[Joerg Ostertag (gpsdrive Munich/Germany)]

On Donnerstag 05 Juni 2008, info at 4x4falcon.com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Attached is a first draft of my Ubuntu, Gpsdrive, Mapnik, Openstreetmap
> HOWTO.

I had a quick look at the HOW-TO. Great Work. Maybe you can do some steps 
easier. So I have the hints for this added. Even building your own debian 
packages shouldn't be too difficult. Just download the source:
	svn co svn.gpsdrive.cc/gpsdrive
	svn co svn.openstreetmap.org/applications
dive into the apropriate directories 

svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/share/map-icons
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/mapnik/openstreetmap-mapnik-data   
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/mapnik/openstreetmap-mapnik-world-boundaries 
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/editors/osm-editor/qt4
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/editors/osm-editor
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/editors/osm-editor/qt3
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/editors/josm
svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/editors/merkaartor
svn.openstreetmap.org/sites/support/osm-autologger
svn.gpsdrive.cc/gpsdrive

and call 
	debuild binary


I see you have some dependencies listed to install manualy. Are these not 
installed by the gpsdrive-debian package?

Doesn't Ubuntu have any packages for perl-DBI::*

wouldn't it be easier to directly use the debian Repository at  
www.gpsdrive.de/debian ?

World boundaries:
The new Debian Packages on gpsdrive.de sould include all needed World 
boundaries. Would be great if you can give me Feedback if any is missing.

postgis:
isn't the script 
	mapnik-osm-updater.sh 
easier to set up the Database?
Or is there anything which is not working on Ubuntu?

Install osm2pgsql:
This should also be included in the debian package openstreetmap-utils which 
can be found on www.gpsdrive.de/debian.

Download osm data:
Should be handled by
	mapnik-osm-updater.sh 

> I have followed this through a couple of times and each has been
> successful.
>
> This will resolve the problem below.
>
> Regards
> Ross
>
> > I get this error:
> > Cannot init mapnik. Mapnik support DISABLED: Could not create datasource.
> > No
> > plugin found for type 'shape' in layer 'world-1'



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