RustMap

Attempt to reimplement https://github.com/FreemapSlovakia/freemap-mapnik into Rust, helping mapnik to rest in peace.

Why?

• Mapnik is no more actively developed except for keeping it to build itself with tools of the recent versions.
• Better control of the rendering
• Improve resource demands (CPU, memory)
• I want to improve my Rust proficiency

Technical details

• uses the same PostGIS schema as freemap-mapnik
• uses Cairo for rendering
• uses GDAL to read from GeoTIFFs

Running

Install Rust and run:

cargo run

TMS URL is then http://localhost:3050/{zoom}/{x}/{y}@2x[|.png|.svg] (adjust your scaling).

TODO

• Texts along line
• Icons
• Porting missing features from freemap-mapnik styles
• Nodejs binding
• support for PDF, WebP, Avif, Jpeg
• ...and other things still missing but present in freemap-mapnik