| # Introduction |
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| Apache Baremaps is an [open source](https://github.com/apache/incubator-baremaps/blob/main/LICENSE) toolkit and a set of infrastructure components for creating, publishing, and operating online maps. It provides a data pipeline enabling developers to build maps with different data sources. It offers live reload capabilities that allow cartographers to customize the content and the style of a map. It includes an attribution-free map schema and style that stimulates derived work. Finally, it provides services commonly used in online maps, such as location search and IP to location. |
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| Apache Baremaps is inspired by [Osmosis](https://github.com/openstreetmap/osmosis), but it comes with additional features, such as the ability to: |
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| - Process data in parallel with the [Stream API](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/stream/package-summary.html) introduced in Java 8 |
| - Import data faster with the [COPY API](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/sql-copy.html) of Postgresql |
| - Create postgis geometries on the fly with [JTS](https://github.com/locationtech/jts) |
| - Create and serve customized [Vector Tiles](https://docs.mapbox.com/vector-tiles/specification/) |
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| On the longer run, the project aims to work with a variety of data sources in order to create highly specialized and customized maps. |
