Paint the world

About Maperitive

Maperitive is a FREE desktop application for drawing maps based on OpenStreetMap and GPS data. You can define what gets on the map and how it is painted. You can also export these maps into bitmaps and SVG files and print them.

Read the Two-Minutes Introduction to Maperitive.

Donations

If you find Maperitive useful and you think the author should get some reward out of his hard work, please consider donating (through PayPal). Thanks!

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See Maperitive In Action!

Features

text-based stylesheets
web tiles generator
supports MBTiles from MapBox
generates relief contours with labels
hillshading and elevation coloring
export to PNG, JPG & others
export to SVG (Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator)
command-line headless console
GPX support
OSM web maps browsing
3D export into COLLADA format
OziExplorer and Google Earth support
data query language
embedded scripting Python API

What Do I Need?

Windows: XP SP3 or later with Microsoft.NET 4 installed.
Linux and Mac: latest Mono installed.

Help & Documentation

Maperitive online documentation
Maperitive Google Group

Latest news on Maperitive (Twitter)

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