An illustrative sample that shows simple usage of Wax and Mapnik's grid_renderer output.
The grid_renderer targets the mbtiles spec. Learn more here:
https://github.com/mapbox/mbtiles-spec/
For more about the grid_renderer:
http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/MapnikRenderers#grid_renderer
Mapnik trunk >= r 2957
python >= 2.6 (for built in json module)
Install Mapnik from >= r2957. More details about installing the latest mapnik at: http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/Mapnik2
Get a few external dependencies for the demo by running
$ make
Then generate some tiles
$ make tiles
Then open the index.html in a web browser and you should be able to hover over polygons and get the country names and population.