Mapnik
Toolkit for rendering raster map tiles from spatial data
Mapnik is an open-source toolkit for rendering raster map tiles from OpenStreetMap and other geospatial data using a flexible styling engine. It powers custom slippy maps without relying on commercial tile providers.
Key features
- Raster tile rendering
- Flexible styling
- OpenStreetMap data support
- No vendor lock-in
Strengths
- Released under the LGPL-2.1 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (3.9k GitHub stars)
- Written in C++
Mapnik replaces
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