Mapnik configuration XML diagram

[amyleew]

@springmeyer @flippmoke @artemp - First stab at diagram for Mapnik configuration XML

Thoughts? Anything missing? Does Include container need to be added? Does data vs. datasource work? Should map image be more specific to .png / .pdf format map image?

[springmeyer]

Thoughts?

This is really useful and a great first pass.

Anything missing?

No.

Does Include container need to be added?

No.

Does data vs. datasource work?

datasource would be better

Should map image be more specific to .png / .pdf format map image?

What about "image" (this would capture formats like png, jpeg, webp, tiff all of which Mapnik supports, "svg", "vector tiles"? That is a bit of a simplification, since we also support PDF and Postscript technically. But simpler the better for a diagram like this.

[springmeyer]

@amyleew what about removing the arrow that points from style -> layer and instead pointing both downward? This is more appropriate because both "style" and "layer" are independent and combined produce a map:

[amyleew]

@springmeyer - Updated w/ image output simplified.

[springmeyer]

@amyleew - ideas to further simplify: remove the XML above style. Change the word image and just use tile (idea being to capture that Mapnik can output both image tiles (aka raster tiles) and vector tiles, etc)

[amyleew]

@springmeyer thanks! update:

[springmeyer]

\o/ @amyleew - so do you have ideas where in the site this should live?

[amyleew]

@springmeyer - Link here on wiki for XMLConfigReference? And add as a blog post?