Mapnik AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Map Services

The best Map alternative to Mapnik is QGIS, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Mapnik and nine of them are Map Services so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Map Service alternatives to Mapnik are GRASS GIS, GeoServer, uDig and Mapserver.

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Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications. Above all Mapnik is about making beautiful maps. It is easily extensible and suitable for both desktop and web development. - C++/Python GIS...

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Mapnik alternatives page was last updated May 27, 2024
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  1. QGIS icon
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    QGIS

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    A fully featured, user friendly, open source Geographic Information System (GIS) with similar power to ArcGIS and MapInfo.

    56 QGIS alternatives
    QGIS main window while editing a project

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    QGIS main window while editing a project
    QGIS with Open Street Map data
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    QGIS with delimited text plugin

    QGIS Features

    1. Microsoft 365 Copilot icon  Microsoft Office integration
    2.  Arc GIS
    3.  Multiplatform
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Route Planning
    7.  Table manager
    8.  Community-based
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    QGIS VS Mapnik

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    • QGIS is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Mapnik.

    • QGIS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mapnik.

    • QGIS is Free and Open SourceMapnik is also Free and Open Source
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    GRASS GIS

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    GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, free software (FOSS) Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological, vector, image processing, and visualization functionality.

    37 GRASS GIS alternatives
    Attribute table manager under the Tcl/Tk GUI

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Quantum GIS GUI on top of GRASS GIS
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  4. GeoServer icon
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    GeoServer

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    The reference implementation of the Open Geospatial Consortiums WFS and WMS services, GeoServer is a full featured open source software server written in Java that allows users to query, visualize, combine, edit and publish spatial data over the web.

    20 GeoServer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    GeoServer iconMapnik Icon

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  5. uDig icon
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    uDig

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    uDig is a GIS software program produced by a community led by Canadian-based consulting company Refractions Research. It is based on the Eclipse platform and features full layered open source GIS. It is written in Java and released under GNU Lesser General Public License.

    36 uDig alternatives
    Taaka, developed using uDig by Arbonaut for Finnish Forest and Park Services

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DIVA-GIS, developed using uDig by The International Potato Centre (CIP) in Lima, Peru
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  6. Mapserver icon
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    Mapserver

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    MapServer is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. Originally developed in the mid-1990’s at the University of Minnesota, MapServer is released under an MIT-style license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows...

    38 Mapserver alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Mapserver iconMapnik Icon

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  7. Equator icon
    Equator icon

    Equator

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    Equator is online mapping software that allows anyone to find, create and publish maps in minutes. One globe, unlimited maps.

    44 Equator alternatives
    Equator screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Equator screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Points of Interest (POI)
    4.  Real time collaboration
    5.  Map-Editor
    6.  GIS Data
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  9. MapLarge icon
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    MapLarge

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    Beautiful, User Friendly online mapping software that scales to big data.

    The MapLarge API enables user-driven, low latency, interactive visual exploration and analysis of very large geospatial and non-geospatial data collections to recognize patterns and identify anomalies. Use.

    27 MapLarge alternatives
    MapLarge API

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    SuperGIS

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    Supergeo Technologies Inc. is global leading GIS software & total solution provider. With series GIS products covering from desktop, mobile, server to developer SDK, SuperGIS has been utilized more than 100 different countries.

    34 SuperGIS alternatives
    SuperGIS Desktop with rich GIS analyze tools

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    SuperGIS Features

    SuperGIS Server provides enterprise GIS online services
    SuperGIS Server provides enterprise GIS online services
    +3
    SuperGIS Desktop with rich GIS analyze tools
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    SuperGIS VS Mapnik

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    • SuperGIS is the most popular commercial alternative to Mapnik.

    • SuperGIS is Paid and ProprietaryMapnik is Free and Open Source
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    Spatial Feature Server

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    Spatial Feature Server by MapET is an ESRI Geoservices REST Implementation and works with all ESRI Rest API's. The source of published data is the spatial extension of the major RDBMS, such Oracle, Microsoft SQLServer, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

    35 Spatial Feature Server alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    Spatial Feature Server iconMapnik Icon

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