[mapserver-users] ANN: Magnacarto - convert CartoCSS to MapServer map files

[Lime, Steve D (MNIT)]

Oliver: Been thinking about this more. Since you guys have done probably the most exhaustive comparison of CartoCSS and map files, do you have a list of the features in CartoCSS that aren't supported by MapServer. That might provide some direction on gaps for us to fill.

The other item of interest is where you saw simple CartoCSS manifest itself as boatloads of mapfile configuration. There may be ways we could be more concise... Thanks.

Steve

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Looks really cool, thanks for sharing!

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From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Oliver Tonnhofer
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 7:00 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapserver-users] ANN: Magnacarto - convert CartoCSS to MapServer map files

Hi all,

I’m pleased to announce the release of Magnacarto[0], a new open source tools to create map files.

Magnacarto converts CartoCSS files to MapServer map files (and Mapnik XML). CartoCSS allows you to create complex map styles with a CSS like syntax. You might now CartoCSS from TileMill[1]. The CSS syntax and features like variables and attachments help you to manage complex styles - a few hundred lines of CartoCSS can result in a few thousand lines of MapServer stylings.

Magnacarto is a command line tool and we have binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. We are also working on a web-frontend that shows you an interactive map with the final styling (with automatic reloading as soon as you make any changes to the styling).

You will find simple example stylings here [2] and example output here [3].


[0] https://github.com/omniscale/magnacarto
[1] https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/ 
[2] https://github.com/omniscale/magnacarto/tree/master/docs/examples
[3] https://gist.github.com/olt/8de050be984ea38ed718


Regards,
Oliver

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Oliver Tonnhofer  | Omniscale GmbH & Co KG  | http://omniscale.com
OpenStreetMap WMS and tile services         | http://maps.omniscale.com




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