Automated script for using Maperitive to create contours and hillshading and then uploading to MapBox using automated TileMill upload feature.

contours-white.mrules

features
  lines
		contour major : contour[@isMulti(elevation, 100)]
		contour minor : contour[@isMulti(elevation, 20) and not @isMulti(elevation, 100)]

properties
	map-background-color	: #F1EEE8
	map-background-opacity	: 0
	font-weight : bold
	font-family : Verdana
	text-max-width : 7
	text-halo-width : 25%
	text-halo-opacity : 0.75
	text-align-horizontal : center
	text-align-vertical : center
	font-stretch : 0.9

rules
	target: contour*
		define
			line-color : #ffffff
			line-opacity : 0.35
			curved : true
		if : *major
			define
				map.rendering.contour.label : true
				min-zoom : 9
				line-width : 11:0.1;11.9:1;12:2
				font-size : 10
				font-style : italic
				font-weight : normal
				text-halo-width : 35%
				text-halo-opacity : 1
				text-halo-color : #F1EEE8
		else
			define
				min-zoom : 12
				line-width : 1
		draw : contour

contours.mrules

features
  lines
		contour major : contour[@isMulti(elevation, 100)]
		contour minor : contour[@isMulti(elevation, 20) and not @isMulti(elevation, 100)]

properties
	map-background-color	: #F1EEE8
	map-background-opacity	: 0
	font-weight : bold
	font-family : Verdana
	text-max-width : 7
	text-halo-width : 25%
	text-halo-opacity : 0.75
	text-align-horizontal : center
	text-align-vertical : center
	font-stretch : 0.9

rules
	target: contour*
		define
			line-color : #7f3300
			line-opacity : 0.35
			curved : true
		if : *major
			define
				map.rendering.contour.label : true
				min-zoom : 9
				line-width : 11:0.1;11.9:1;12:2
				font-size : 10
				font-style : italic
				font-weight : normal
				text-halo-width : 35%
				text-halo-opacity : 1
				text-halo-color : #F1EEE8
		else
			define
				min-zoom : 12
				line-width : 1
		draw : contour

contours.mscript

change-directory C:\ifactor\products\workspace\Virtual_Earth_Connector\MaperitiveCreateContours\blog

clear-map
set-setting name=map.decoration.grid value=False
set-geo-bounds -5.18793847256578,56.6581368928296,-4.90722891535273,56.7097180989809
generate-contours
use-ruleset location=contours.mrules as-alias=contours
export-bitmap file=cont.png
// use color-depth=32 so we can make use of the transparency in the ruleset
generate-mbtiles file=cont.mbtiles color-depth=32 minzoom=1 maxzoom=16

// we do not need to regenerate the contours.  Simply apply a different styling.
use-ruleset location=contours-white.mrules as-alias=contours-white
apply-ruleset
export-bitmap file=cont-white.png
// use color-depth=32 so we can make use of the transparency in the ruleset
generate-mbtiles file=cont-white.mbtiles color-depth=32 minzoom=1 maxzoom=16


clear-map
set-setting name=map.decoration.grid value=False
set-geo-bounds -5.18793847256578,56.6581368928296,-4.90722891535273,56.7097180989809
generate-relief-igor
use-ruleset location=contours.mrules as-alias=contours
export-bitmap file=shading.png
// use color-depth=32 so we can make use of the transparency in the ruleset
generate-mbtiles file=shading.mbtiles color-depth=32 minzoom=1 maxzoom=16

create_and_upload.bat

set MAPERITIVE_EXE=C:/Maperitive/Maperitive.exe

:: make note of the original directory. That is where the MBTiles will be
set ORIG_DIR=%~dp0

:: first create the MBtiles
cmd %MAPERITIVE_EXE% %ORIG_DIR%contours.mscript

:: now upload the MBTiles to MapBox.  The MapBox web form allows you to upload MBtile files
:: with max size of 5MB. If you want to upload larger files, you will need to use something
:: like TileMill's upload feature.

:: make sure that you are in the TileMill directory so we can use the appropriate node.exe
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\TileMill-v0.10.1\tilemill

:: see http://boulderalfmaps.blogspot.com/2013/01/tilemill-sync-info.html
:: for instructions about how to determine syncAccount and syncAccessToken
set SYNCACCOUNT=<syncAccount>
set SYNCACCESSTOKEN=<syncAccessToken>
 
:: upload the MBTiles file to your MapBox account.
:: you will need to specify your own <syncAccount> and <syncAccessToken> values
node index.js export cont %ORIG_DIR%cont.mbtiles --format=upload --syncAccount=%SYNCACCOUNT% --syncAccessToken=%SYNCACCESSTOKEN%
node index.js export cont-white %ORIG_DIR%cont-white.mbtiles --format=upload --syncAccount=%SYNCACCOUNT% --syncAccessToken=%SYNCACCESSTOKEN%
node index.js export shading %ORIG_DIR%shading.mbtiles --format=upload --syncAccount=%SYNCACCOUNT% --syncAccessToken=%SYNCACCESSTOKEN%

:: finally change back to the ORIG_DIR
cd %ORIG_DIR%

:: NOTE: MapBox makes use of the mbtile's (a sqlite file) metadata.name field to label the map
:: after it is uploaded.  Maperitive always sets this field value to "My Map" so after uploading the
:: MBTiles to MapBox you will need to manually change the map name to something meaningful.
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