mapython is a toolkit for rendering maps based on OpenStreetMap data. It is released under the MIT license and is entirely written in Python.

Usage

import os
os.environ['MAPYTHON_DB_URL'] = \
    'postgresql://user:password@localhost/database'
from mapython.render import Renderer
from mapython.draw import Map

bbox = (11.4, 48.3, 11.9, 48.6)

mapobj = Map('map.png', bbox)
renderer = Renderer(mapobj)
renderer.run()
mapobj.write()

Contribute

If you have ideas for improving mapython or found a bug, check out mapython's GitHub repository. mapython is under active development and any contribution is welcome.

Features

• simple and intuitive style definitions in YAML
• pure Python code base (with fast underlying C/C++ libraries)
• easily extensible and customizable
• bitmap and vector graphics as output format
• support for custom map projections

Limitations

mapython is under active development and comparatively new, therefore it still has some limitations.

• there is only limited support for rendering bridges and tunnels correctly
• only the data format provided by "osm2pgsql" is supported