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Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city

https://github.com/originalankur/maptoposter
25•originalankur•1h ago

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giuliomagnifico•1h ago
Nice! Thanks
doophus•1h ago
Why are big chunks of Sam Francisco missing (eg around the bridge) missing from the example?
Sajarin•1h ago
Those smooth chunks are all (mostly) public park land. Known as Presidio and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
originalankur•1h ago
You know your city.
originalankur•1h ago
python create_map_poster.py -c "San Francisco" -C "USA" -t sunset -d 10000

-d should be approx. 10k to 14k given the size of the city. You can give it a shot.

cinntaile•1h ago
It says there are examples but I can't see them?
originalankur•1h ago
Please check on desktop, the table is hiding images in responsive mode - You can see the images on X here https://x.com/getpy/status/2009255303775174684
cinntaile•51m ago
Thanks, I didn't notice there was another column that I could sidescroll to!
mft_•1h ago
I believe (from a quick code check on my phone) it should be possible to output the images to SVG with a little tweak, thanks to your use of matplotlib?

Is there a reason you’ve defaulted to PNG that I’m missing?

originalankur•51m ago
Valid Point @mft_ plt.savefig(output_file, format='svg', facecolor=THEME['bg']) should do it. I will add a --format parameter and make the change.
tianqi•47m ago
That's splendid. I've long wanted to make a jigsaw puzzle out of Sydney's road map, so I can familiarise myself with the layout of roads while having fun. That way I can reduce my reliance on nav app and become one of those old-school drivers.
bobnamob•28m ago
There's a reason Where 2 -> Google Maps happened in Sydney. The sheer number of one-way roads combined with the imposition of the harbour and the messy tunnel system make internalising Sydney navigation a life-long endeavour
simonebrunozzi•42m ago
The map of Venice seems to be the only one whose image is "squeezed" horizontally. Wondering why.
originalankur•39m ago
need to take into consideration the length and width of the city and choose distance appropriately. I haven't followed my own suggestion here - https://github.com/originalankur/maptoposter?tab=readme-ov-f... will fix.
emaro•33m ago
I tried it in a python3 venv, but the download data step is stuck at 0% unfortunately.
originalankur•32m ago
It will work, give it time. Also default distance is 29000. Give distance of 10000 to see faster results. It certainly is working as many users have generated maps.
originalankur•31m ago
Also note that as per their terms and conditions I need to give a user agent, so multiple users will be sharing same user agent right now.
tomashubelbauer•10m ago
Three random themes for anyone who's Czech or likes Prague and doesn't want to set up the script locally: https://imgur.com/a/Ovg8mDW
originalankur•3m ago
Looks beautiful. The gold+dark color does justice.

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