Welcome to the Mapnik Wiki

Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications. It's written in C++, with Python bindings to facilitate fast-paced agile development. It can comfortably be used for both desktop and web development.

Have fun!
The Mapnik Team

Mapnik Starting Points

• What is Mapnik?
  • MapnikOverview
  • The Mapnik.org homepage

• Installation
  • WindowsInstallation -- Installing Mapnik on Windows
  • MacInstallation -- Installing Mapnik and deps on Mac OS X
  • UbuntuInstallation -- Installing Mapnik on Ubuntu
  • OpenStreetMap -- Notes on installation on linux

• Support and Questions
  • Mapnik Users list archive -- Also searchable on Nabble.
  • Sign up for Mapnik-users -- and send your question.
  • Join #mapnik on irc.freenode.net for Mapnik community conversation and help.
  • For questions relating to Mapnik datasources like PostGIS or GDAL, try those lists or irc rooms: #postgis, #gdal.

• Tutorials
  • GettingStarted -- 'Hello,world!' using Python bindings.
  • XmlGettingStarted -- 'Hello, world' using Python and XML
  • ExampleCode -- Code snippets from Mapnik users

• Topics
  • MapDesign -- how to use Mapnik to design better looking maps!
  • SymbologySupport -- Tips, tricks and recipes for feature symbolization.
  • LabelingSupport? -- Discover the intricacies of label placement.
  • MapnikRenderers -- Render with AGG (png, pnd256, and jpeg) or Cairo (svg, pdf, or ps).
  • ManagingLargeXmlFiles -- Do things once and only once using XML entities.
  • MapnikViewer -- View tiles on-the-fly with a QT Desktop App. Also great for debugging config files.
  • OgcServer -- About the OGC Server and WMS support.
  • DemoGallery -- See Mapnik in action!

Developers Corner

• ExampleCode (Program/Code Samples)
• DeveloperTodo (currently unsupported features in Mapnik)
• XmlFormatDiscussion
• DebuggingMapnik
• ShieldSymbolizerTests
• StableMergeQueue
• Developers list: http://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/mapnik-devel

Trac Starting Points

• TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation
• The Trac project -- Trac Open Source Project
• Trac FAQ -- Frequently Asked Questions
• TracSupport -- Trac Support

For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.