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About
Baremaps is an open source toolkit for creating vector tiles from OpenStreetMap and other data sources.
It is inspired by Osmosis, but it comes with additional features, such as the ability to:
- Process data in parallel with the Stream API introduced in Java 8
- Import data faster with the COPY API of Postgresql
- Create postgis geometries on the fly with JTS
- Create and serve customized Vector Tiles
On the longer run, the aim of the project is to work with a variety of data sources in order to create highly specialized and customized maps.