erfamap/README.md

# erfamap

Generate a map similar to https://www.ccc.de/regional from Wikidata and the doku.ccc.de Semantic MediaWiki data.

## TL;DR

```
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
./generate_map.py --update-erfalist
```

![Map as generated by this tool](map.readme.png)

## Installation

1. Create a Python virtualenv: `python3 -m virtualenv venv`
1. Enable the virtualenv: `. venv/bin/activate`
1. Install the dependencies: `pip install -r requirements.txt`

Instead of following these steps, you could also install the dependencies from your OS' package manager.

## Usage

For a quick test run, point the script at the cache.example directory:

```
./generate_map.py --cache-directory cache.example
```

Find the result in the files `map.svg` and `map.png`.

**If the wrong font is used in the PNG, make sure the chosen font is installed on your system.** ([CairoSVG](https://cairosvg.org/) does not support the use of `@font-face` in style sheets.)

Usually you'll want to keep the border cache, but renew the Erfa & Chaostreff list from time to time:

```
./generate_map.py --update-erfalist
```

For this, you need to provide the HTTP Basic Auth credentials to doku.ccc.de via an environment variable:

```
export DOKU_CCC_DE_BASICAUTH=username:password
```

A run without cache takes some time as it fetches all data from their sources:

1. Get a list of countries in Europe and federal states in Germany from [Wikidata](https://wikidata.org).
1. Download all these countries' and states' border shapes from Wikimedia Commons.
1. Get a list of Erfas & Chaostreffs from the doku.ccc.de Semantic Mediawiki API.
1. Resolve all POIs' (Erfas & Chaostreffs) street addresses' to geocoordinates using [Nominatim](https://nominatim.org/).

**Use the cache at least for the country and state borders.  Otherwise, Wikidata will start rate limiting pretty quickly.** 

## License

Unless otherwise noted, the contents of this repository are licensed under the MIT License (See LICENSE).

### Fonts

The font contained in `style/concertone-regular.ttf` was created by Johan Kallas (johankallas@gmail.com) and is licensed unter the terms of the SIL Open Font License v1.10.

### Geoshape Data

The geoshape data contained in `cache.example` is in the public domain.