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Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications. It is written in modern C++ and has Python bindings that support fast-paced agile development. It can comfortably be used for both desktop map design and web development.
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*Mapnik is about making beautiful maps*. It uses the AGG graphics library, which offers world-class anti-aliasing rendering with subpixel accuracy for geographic data.
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## Blog posts about Mapnik
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* [Michal Migurski: making sense of mapnik](http://mike.teczno.com/notes/mapnik.html)
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* [A List Apart: take control of your maps!](http://www.alistapart.com/articles/takecontrolofyourmaps)
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* [Dan Karran: Using the OSM export tab to render mapnik maps with no programming](http://www.dankarran.com/blog/archives/2008/09/16/making_maps_from_openstreetmap_geodata.php)
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* [GeospatialPython.com: Mapnik - Maybe the best Python Mapping Platform Yet](http://geospatialpython.com/2009/02/mapnik-maybe-best-python-mapping.html)
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## Mapnik Example Gallery
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