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I have PostgreSQL with PostGIS and mapnik, I need to generate a tiled world map with only country contours and country name that are displayed at all zoom levels, no extra info.

How can I do it without using osm2pgsql importing all the planet.osm (20gb)?

I generate a map using for example cyprus.osm but the area of Cyprus is now of course filled with additional information not required that slow down the generation process.

If i start the generate_tiles.py utility without use osm2pgsql I get many errors.. there is nothing like a void osm-file?

How can I configure the map style to display only country contours and name, at all zoom levels?

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  • How did you get on with this? I'm facing the same issue -- I want to generate really simple map tiles, but I cannot load the 21GB planet.osm.bz2 file into Maperitive on my machine without it grinding to a halt. I'm now looking at using pgsql. I'd be interested in hearing how you got on with this.
    – Drew Noakes
    Jan 6, 2012 at 16:20

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You can download the Administrative Boundaries from here http://downloads.cloudmade.com/

example:

switzerland.administrative.osm.bz2 (9.4M) shapefile.

Contours from

http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/

(same source as http://www.toposm.com/us/index.html)

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