openstreetmap-carto/openstreetmap-carto

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The official CartoCSS stylesheets powering the standard OpenStreetMap.org map layer, rendered with Mapnik. It is a general-purpose, customizable map style designed for use with Kosmtik or the CartoCSS command-line processor against a PostGIS database of OSM data.

Use cases

• render the standard openstreetmap.org basemap style on my own tile server
• customize the default OSM map style for my project
• set up a self-hosted mapnik tile server with the OSM standard look
• learn cartographic design with cartocss stylesheets
• style openstreetmap data loaded into postgis
• fork the OSM standard style to change colors and feature rendering

When to choose

• you want the canonical OpenStreetMap standard map appearance on your own tileservers
• you need a well-maintained, actively updated general-purpose OSM CartoCSS style
• you want a documented, customizable starting point for OSM cartography with Kosmtik or carto

When to avoid

• you need a style for rendering engines other than Mapnik (e.g. Mapbox GL vector styles)
• you want a highly stylized or minimalist basemap rather than the standard OSM design
• you cannot run a PostGIS database loaded with OpenStreetMap data

Facets

application · maturity active

graphics developer-tools web-development graphics cross-platform python cartocss mapnik openstreetmap map-styling cartography gis postgis maps nodejs

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