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Example of using the Mapnik python API to save a map constructed in python into an XML string or file
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mapnik-save-map-to-xml-string.py
>>> import mapnik
>>> m = mapnik.Map(256,256)
>>> m.background = mapnik.Color('green')
>>> print mapnik.save_map_to_string(m)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs" background-color="rgb(0,128,0)"/>
>>> mapnik.save_map(m,'file.xml')
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