TileSweep

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This software is not maintained any more.


TileSweep
Source code: https://github.com/seemk/TileSweep
Programming language: C

TileSweep is a tool for pre-rendering and serving OpenStreetMap tiles. It has an embedded HTTP server, and can pre-render and serve tiles simultaneously.

Features:

  • Selection based prerendering capability, tiles are stored in a single file.
  • Can be built and run without Mapnik if you have an existing tile database.
  • Single executable with an embedded HTTP server
  • Scales with CPU cores
  • Serves both 256x256 and 512x512 tiles
  • Can prerender and serve tiles simultaneously