add README for new mapnik node.js bindings

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+# Node-Mapnik
+      
+  Bindings to the [Mapnik](http://mapnik.org) tile rendering library for [node](http://nodejs.org).
+
+    var mapnik = require('mapnik');
+    var express = require('express');
+
+    var app = express.createServer();
+        
+    app.get('/', function(req, res) {
+      var map = new mapnik.Map(256,256);
+      map.load("./examples/stylesheet.xml");
+      map.zoom_all();
+      res.contentType("tile.png");
+      res.send(map.render_to_string());      
+    });
+
+    app.listen(8000);
+
+  For more see 'examples/'
+
+
+## Development Status
+
+  Prototype at this point, API will be frequently changing.
+
+  Developed on OS X (10.6), not yet tested on linux.
+
+
+## Depends
+
+  node (development headers)
+  mapnik (latest trunk)
+
+
+## Installation
+
+  Install node-mapnik:
+
+    $ git clone git://github.com/mapnik/node-mapnik.git
+    $ cd node-mapnik
+    $ node-waf configure build install
+    $ node test.js
+
+  For more details see 'docs/install.txt'
+
+
+## Quick rendering test
+
+  To see if things are working try rendering a world map with the sample data
+
+  From the source checkout root do:
+
+    $ examples/render.js examples/stylesheet.xml map.png
+
+
+## Examples
+
+  See the 'examples/' folder for more usage examples.
+
+
+## In Action
+
+  See https://github.com/tmcw/tilelive.js
+
+
+## License
+
+  BSD, see LICENSE.txt