Printing

From Map Kibera

• A3 Poster Print
• Atlas with map/text/photos on a number of thematics (wash, religion, education, business)
• Distribute throughout Kibera to schools, public buildings
• Hold PPGIS type workshops with prints

Tech

Foresee this being a multi-step process. First, configuring a map style for the poster, and each of the atlas pages. Second, take that map style and use mapnik to generate the image in the proper resolution/size. Finally, combine that image with other graphic elements, index, photos, etc, to produce the final print image.

To start, suggest familiarization with the following tools.

• Quantumnik: QGIS is an open source desktop GIS. Quantumnik is a plugin to generate Mapnik map styles. This is a powerful tool, which might take some work to get up and running, but worth it for the flexibility. (Mikel can help with this)
• CloudMade Map Style Editor: A browser based tool for styling and producing tiles from OSM data. Very nice interface, no installation BUT we can not reuse the style or tiles for the print. So, this is only for demonstrating the concepts for the Prints.
• Mapsomatic: Generates PDF of city maps and index. Again very nice, but perhaps not flexible enough for our use.

• MapBox: A suite of tools for generating tiles on Amazon EC2. This suite includes Quantunmik to generate map styles, but then handles all of the map tile generation. Depending on our needs later on, this could be helpful.
• TileDrawer: Another take on generating tiles on Amazon EC2. Haven't evaluated either of these in detail.