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Prettymapp

🖼️ Create beautiful maps from OpenStreetMap data in a streamlit webapp

From chrieke·Updated June 10, 2026·View on GitHub·

**Prettymapp is a webapp and Python package to create beautiful maps from OpenStreetMap data** The project is written primarily in Python, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2021. It has gained significant community traction with 2,777 stars and 453 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: app, art, cartography, geography, map.

Latest release: 0.6.0
December 25, 2025View Changelog →

prettymapp 🖼️

Prettymapp is a webapp and Python package to create beautiful maps from OpenStreetMap data


<h3 align="center"> 🎈 Try it out here: <a href="https://prettymapp.streamlit.app/">prettymapp on streamlit 🎈 </a> </h3>
<p align="center"> <a href="https://prettymapp.streamlit.app/"><img src="./streamlit-prettymapp/example_prints/demo.gif" width=700></a> </p> <br> <table> <tr><td><img src="./streamlit-prettymapp/example_prints/macau.png"></td><td><img src="./streamlit-prettymapp/example_prints/barcelona.png"></td></tr> </table>

Based on the prettymaps project

Prettymapp is based on a rewrite of the fantastic prettymaps project by
@marceloprates. All credit for the original idea, designs and implementation go to him.
The prettymapp rewrite focuses on speed and adapted configuration to interface with the webapp.
It drops more complex configuration options in favour of improved speed, reduced code complexity and
simplified configuration interfaces. It is partially tested and adds a streamlit webapp component.

Running the app locally

You can use the webapp directly under prettymapp.streamlit.app or run it locally via:

bash
git clone https://github.com/chrieke/prettymapp.git cd prettymapp uv sync --extra streamlit uv run streamlit run streamlit-prettymapp/app.py

Python package

You can also use prettymapp without the webapp, directly in Python. This lets you customize the functionality or
build your own application.

Installation:

bash
pip install prettymapp

Define the area, download and plot the OSM data:

You can select from 4 predefined styles: Peach, Auburn, Citrus and Flannel.

python
from prettymapp.geo import get_aoi from prettymapp.osm import get_osm_geometries from prettymapp.plotting import Plot from prettymapp.settings import STYLES aoi = get_aoi(address="Praça Ferreira do Amaral, Macau", radius=1100, rectangular=False) df = get_osm_geometries(aoi=aoi) fig = Plot( df=df, aoi_bounds=aoi.bounds, draw_settings=STYLES["Peach"], ).plot_all() fig.savefig("map.jpg")

You can also plot exported OSM XML files e.g. from openstreetmap.org:

python
from prettymapp.osm import get_osm_geometries_from_xml df = get_osm_geometries_from_xml(filepath="Berlin.osm") aoi_bounds = df.total_bounds ...

Customize styles & layers

Edit the draw_settings input to create your own custom styles! The map layout can be further customized with the additional arguments of the Plot class (e.g. shape, contour_width etc.). Check the webapp examples for inspiration.

python
from prettymapp.settings import STYLES custom_style = STYLES["Peach"].copy() custom_style["urban"] = { "cmap": ["#3452eb"], "ec": "#E9724C", "lw": 0.2, "zorder": 4, } fig = Plot( df=df, aoi_bounds=aoi.bounds, draw_settings=custom_style, shape="circle", contour_width=0, ).plot_all()

You can also customize the selection of OSM landcover classes that should be displayed! Customize the
default settings or create your own dictionary! See settings.py for the defaults.

python
from prettymapp.settings import LANDCOVER_CLASSES custom_lc_classes = LANDCOVER_CLASSES.copy() custom_lc_classes["urban"]["building"] = False # drops all building subclasses custom_lc_classes["grassland"]["leisure"] = True # Include all leisure subclasses custom_lc_classes["grassland"]["natural"] = ["island"] # Selects only specific natural subclasses df = get_osm_geometries(aoi=aoi, landcover_classes=custom_lc_classes)

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