CartoType

CartoType
Author:	Graham Asher
License:	Proprietary
Platforms:	Windows, .NET, UWP, Android, iOS, watchOS, macOS, Linux, Unix, and BSD
Status:	Active
Version:	8.12 (2024-11-07)
Languages:	English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish, and Portuguese
Website:	https://www.cartotype.com
Programming languages:	C++, C, C#, Java, Swift, and Objective-C
CartoType is an ultra-portable library. It runs on any system with a C++ compiler, from Raspberry Pi up to servers, and on mobile devices, tablets and desktop machines. A consistent API is available in several languages : C++, C#, VB.NETJava, Swift and Objective C.
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map yes Map data vector;raster Source online;cache;offline Rotate map yes 3D view yes Shows website ? Shows phone number ? Shows operation hours ? Routing Routing yes Create route manually yes Calculate route yes Create route via Waypoints yes Routing profiles car;bike;walk;hike;custom Turn restrictions yes Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) yes Routing providers Yours;Mapbox Avoid traffic ? Traffic Provider ? Navigating Navigate yes Find location yes Find nearby POIs yes Navigate to point yes Navigation with voice / Voice guidance yes Keep on road yes Lane guidance ? Works without GPS yes Navigate along predefined route yes Tracking Make track yes Customizable log interval ? Track formats ? Geotagging ? Fast POI buttons yes Upload GPX to OSM ? Monitoring Monitoring no Show current track ? Open existing track ? Altitude diagram ? Show POD value ? Satellite view ? Show live NMEA data ? Show speed ? Send current position ? Editing Add POIs yes Edit / Delete POIs yes Add way yes Edit geometries yes Edit arbitrary tags of existing OSM objects ? Edit relations ? View notes ? Create notes ? Edit notes ? Work offline ? Support imagery offset DB ? Upload to OSM ? Rendering Renderer output formats png Accessibility ?

CartoType is a renderer and routing library. Platforms: Windows, .NET, iOS, Mac OS, Android, Linux, Web Assembly and other platforms supporting native C++ libraries. Map rendering and routing are performed on the device using off-line data, or using on-line CartoType maps (.ctm1 files) or Mapbox Vector Tiles. SDKs are available for C++ (Windows, Linux, Mac OS), Swift and Objective C (iOS and watchOS), C# (.NET and UWP) and Java (Android). The CartoType Maps App ([1]) is a free multi-platform viewing and navigation program using CartoType.

There are two rendering systems: a hardware-accelerated renderer using OpenGL ES 2.0 and a software (CPU only) renderer. They are available on all platforms except watchOS, which uses software rendering only.

CartoType is owned and developed by Graham Asher of CartoType Ltd.

It can import OSM data to its binary format as well as data from other sources including ESRI shapefiles and USGS SRTM digital elevation data. Evaluation SDKs and demonstration programs are available.

The image is a screen shot of a map of part of Stockholm, Sweden, created using CartoType from OpenStreetMap data. It also shows part a route calculated by CartoType's routing system.