Bug#813197: RFP: nik4 -- Mapnik to image export
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : nik4
Version : git
Upstream Author : Ilya Zverev <ilya@zverev.info>
* URL : https://github.com/Zverik/Nik4
* License : WTFPL
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Mapnik to image export
Nik4 is a mapnik-to-image exporting script. It requires only mapnik-python
bindings.
Nik4 takes great care to preserve values you feed it. If you say you
need a 800×600 image, it won't take a pixel less or more. It won't
shrink a bounding box or distort lines when specifying so called "scale
factor". When you need a 300 dpi image, you tell it --ppi 300 and can be
sure you will get what you intended.
Also it can use real-world units, that is, millimeters (and prefers to).
Specify dimensions for printing, choose bounding box and ppi scale — and
the result won't disappoint. Options are intuitive and plenty, and you
will be amazed how much tasks became simpler with Nik4.
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