Mapnik Docker container with Node and Python bindings

❗ Ensure your Docker build environment, be it a VM (if you use Docker for Mac or Windows) or bare metal, has at least 4 gigabytes of memory. Any less and you'll have to enjoy hella swapping.

• Do docker build -t mapnik .. It will take a long while, so best get another coffee.

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Mapnik 3.0.10 (at the time of writing)
• Node.js 6.x

• /opt/node-mapnik contains the Node bindings.
• They are npm linked, so any apps requiring them should be able to just npm link mapnik.

• /opt/python-mapnik contains the Python bindings.
• The bindings are built for both Python 2.x and 3.x, and installed system-wide.
• If your app requires a virtualenv, pip install -e /opt/python-mapnik is likely your best bet.
• Otherwise, just --system-site-packages your virtualenv or don't use a virtualenv at all.

• The basic Python world-rendering script is installed in /opt/demos/world.py.

  • Use cd /opt/demos; python2 world.py to try that Python 2.x works.
  • Use cd /opt/demos; python3 world.py to try that Python 3.x works.
  • The script outputs a world.png. You can use docker cp to look at it.

• The Node.js "render a map from a stylesheet" demo is installed in /opt/demos/world.js.

  • Use cd /opt/demos; npm i mapnik; node world.js to try it. You'll get a crapload of deprecation warnings (see the related bug) since we're running Node 6, but the script does output a map.png anyway. You can use docker cp to look at it.