Mapnik is a toolkit for developing GIS
applications. At the core is a C++ shared library
providing algorithms/patterns for spatial data
access and visualization. Essentially a collection
of geographic objects (map, layer, datasource,
feature, and geometry), the library doesn't rely
on "windowing systems" and can be deployed in any
server environment. It is intended to play fair in
a multi-threaded environment and is aimed
primarily, but not exclusively, at Web-based
development. High-level Python bindings
(boost.python) facilitate rapid application
development, targeting zope3, django, etc.
License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
Changes:
This release builds with GCC 4.3. It re-enables regex support, which was inadvertently disabled in 0.5.0. Better error handling has been added to shapeindex. Support has been added for PPC-64 builds. A division by zero error in placement_finder.cpp with multiple loops has been fixed.
