marceloprates/prettymaps

Health v2 · maintenance only

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14083 stars · 716 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A minimal Python library for drawing stylized, customizable maps from OpenStreetMap data, built on osmnx, matplotlib, shapely, and vsketch. It renders attractive cartographic artwork suitable for posters and generative art projects.

Use cases

• draw a pretty map of my city from OpenStreetMap data
• generate stylized map posters for printing
• create generative art from street networks
• render custom map artwork of a neighborhood
• visualize OSM data with matplotlib
• make a decorative map of a specific address

When to choose

• you want beautiful, artistic map renderings rather than functional navigation maps
• you work in Python and want a simple API over osmnx and matplotlib
• you need customizable map styles for posters or generative art

When to avoid

• you need interactive or routable maps for an application
• you require a permissive license for closed-source use (AGPL-3.0 requires disclosing source)
• you need high-performance bulk geodata processing rather than visualization

Facets

library · maturity active

data-visualization geospatial graphics data-visualization graphics python cross-platform openstreetmap cartography matplotlib osmnx generative-art shapely maps

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