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Mapnik is a work in progress. There are multiple updates almost every day. If you are a developer grab the latest source from subversion repository. For the rest there is a packaged tarball with the latest release. Hit the button above!

Latest News

Release 0.5.1

by Artem Pavlenko on April 15, 2008

Hello all, I'm pleased to announce 0.5.1 release.

This is a minor bugfix release; it is a recommended upgrade for users of 0.5.0. This release includes the following changes:

builds with GCC 4.3
re-enables regex support, which was inadvertently disabled in 0.5.0
add better error handling to shapeindex
support ppc64 builds
fix division by zero error in placement_finder.cpp with multiple loops

Big thanks to Dominic Hargreaves for making it happen!

Mapnik consulting

by Artem Pavlenko on March 11, 2008

Hello all!
I would like to introduce Mapnik Consulting . I have been consulting for a few years now, but I think the time has come to move things up a gear. Have a look, it even has 'rounded' corners:).

While Mapnik itself plays a central role, my consultancy goes beyond just rendering maps. We offer a wide range of geospatial services.

This in no way means that Mapnik will be overlooked, if anything I'm hoping to increase the pace of development!

Cheers!

Custom maps with Mapnik (part 2)

by Artem Pavlenko on February 22, 2008

The people behind OSM Cycle Map have recently added contours. Combining contours with street level data is no trivial task, but Andy and Dave yet again have come up with an attractive solution. If you're a cyclist you know how important it is to see if you're going to be heading up or downhill! ...

Anonymous SVN access

All mapnik's files are maintained in a SVN (subversion) repository. You will need a SVN client installed on your machine. You can use the command-line client or GUI - it's up to you.

Please, consult subversion documentation on client availibility for your platform, usage etc.

Using command-line client you can checkout the latest snapshot like this:
(Anonymous SVN Access via SVN)

svn co svn://svn.mapnik.org/trunk mapnik

You can also browse source files through web-based SVN repository access.