The Mapnik source comes with some example code in the mapnik/demo directory.

Here are some other sets of Example Code to learn from.

• Name: cali.cpp
• Description: A sample program, adapted from demo/c++/rundemo.cpp which demonstrates how one might use the Mapnik C++ API to render the state of California from USGS Shapefile data.
• Source: https://gist.github.com/lwu/5009
• Tested On: Mac OS 10.5
• Added by: lwu

• https://github.com/openstreetmap/mod_tile/

• http://github.com/jflemer/mapnik-glitz-demo
• http://bitbucket.org/mishok13/mapnik-perf-testing/

• http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/fmapgen/

• Name: world_map_and_styles.py, world_map.py
• Description: A mirror of the GettingStarted tutorial along with sample data.
• Source:
• Pure Python example Code removed
• Python with XML Mapfile Code Removed
• Sample Data for each example Code removed
• Tested On: Mac OS 10.5
• Added by: (original mapnik tutorial)

• Name: world_population.py
• Description: A mirror of the XmlGettingStarted tutorial along with sample data.
• Source: Python Script, XML Mapfile, and data
• Tested On: Mac OS 10.5
• Added by: springmeyer

Code samples for writing to SVG and PDF

The mapnik-utils project includes some example code as well: http://code.google.com/p/mapnik-utils/

An e-mail on Mapnik ShieldSymbolizer. Also describes use of

    $ python 
     >>>import mapnik 
     >>>dir(mapnik) 
     >>>help(mapnik) 

and

    $ pydoc -p 8080 

and then open a browser and go to : http://localhost:8080/mapnik.html