Getting started: SOFTWARE

Install software

Python 2.6+ (might need to upgrade the default version that ships with Mac OS X)
PostGIS (a nasty install process, required to give TileStache a shapefile after “importing” it into PostGIS).
TileStache (has some dependencies)
```
  sudo easy_install modestmaps
```
```
  sudo easy_install werkzeug
```
Mapnik (easy Mac installer)
If you don't have PostGIS or the rest of the open gis stack installed, check out ultimate osx geo install guide by @tokumine. For the Mac, you'll want to download most packages from KingChaos.

TileMill - 2nd generation of open source cartography tools from Development Seed. Uses carto css like language to style maps, can host on MapBox.com.
CartoDB - 2nd generation of open source cartography tools from Vizzuality. Like Google Fusion Tables.
QGIS - 2nd generation of open source cartography tools. Like ArcMap. They win an award for worst download page ever. Sorry.

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