Mapnik

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Mapnik is an free software toolkit for developing mapping applications. Mapnik is written in C++ and there are Python bindings to facilitate fast-paced and agile development. Mapnik can comfortably be used for both desktop and web development.

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[edit] Supported Platforms

At present, full support is provided for Linux only, although alpha quality source is available for Microsoft Windows.

[edit] Supported Data Formats and Protocols

Mapnik supports data access plugins, allowing users to expand its data format support.

As of 10/18/2006, Mapnik comes with support for:

  • ESRI shape files
  • PostGIS
  • Web Map Service
  • TIFF raster

[edit] License

In May 22 2006, Mapnik's license changed from the GNU General Public License to GNU Lesser General Public License.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Release note: Pavlenko, Artem (2006-05-22). New Release 0.3.0 (english). Retrieved on 2007-07-22. “License changed from GPL to LGPL”

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