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.

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!

Donation Amount:
(Currency: EUR)

Download

Dowload Link

See Maperitive In Action!

• Hiking Web map of my part of the world
• Maperitive Flickr photostream

Features

• text-based stylesheets
• generates relief contours
• hillshading and slopeshading
• elevation coloring
• GPX support
• OSM web maps browsing
• export to PNG, JPG & others
• export to SVG (Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator)
• OziExplorer and Google Earth support
• web tiles generator
• data query language
• automatic scripting support

What Do I Need?

One of these:
• Windows: XP or later with Microsoft.NET 3.5 SP1 installed.
• Linux and Mac: latest Mono installed.

Help & Documentation

• Maperitive online book
• Maperitive Google Group
• Latest news on Maperitive (Twitter)

Videos & Tutorials

Maperitive short demo (5 mins, no audio)

Tutorials

• Generating OSM Map For Adobe Illustrator In 7 Easy Steps
• Hiking Web Map In 10 Easy Steps

Samples & Screenshots

Custom Map Styles - Hiking

Pohorje, Slovenia

Custom Map Styles

Berlin, overview

Custom Map Styles

Berlin, detail

OpenStreetMap Browsing

London

OpenCycleMap Browsing

Lake Constance, Germany

Data Querying

Hillshading

Strait of Messina, Italy

Elevation Coloring

northern Apenines, Italy

Relief Contours

Appalachian Mountains, USA

Style Sheets

Import In Google Earth

Scripting & Automation