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Mapbox gl native

Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in native Android, iOS, macOS, Node.js, and Qt applications, powered by vector tiles and OpenGL

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A C++ library that powers customizable vector maps in native applications on multiple platforms by taking stylesheets that conform to the [Mapbox Style Specification](https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/style-spec/), applying them to vector tiles that conform to the [Mapbox Vector Tile Specification](https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/), and rendering them using OpenGL or Metal. The project is written primarily in C++, distributed under the Other license, first published in 2014. It has gained significant community traction with 4,453 stars and 1,321 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: android, c-plus-plus, geojson, ios, java.

Latest release: maps-v1.6.0
April 30, 2020View Changelog →

Mapbox GL Native

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A C++ library that powers customizable vector maps in native applications on multiple platforms by taking stylesheets that conform to the Mapbox Style Specification, applying them to vector tiles that conform to the Mapbox Vector Tile Specification, and rendering them using OpenGL or Metal.

To embed interactive maps into a native application using a platform-specific language, install the Mapbox Maps SDK:

Mapbox GL JS is the WebGL-based counterpart to Mapbox GL Native that is designed for use on the Web.

Developing

We use CMake to build Mapbox GL Native
for various platforms, including Linux, Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. The
following command, executed from the root of this repository tree, will build
Mapbox GL Native targeting your host architecture given that you have all the
dependencies installed and run the example app.

$ git submodule update --init --recursive
$ cmake . -B build
$ cmake --build build
$ MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN=my_access_token_here ./build/platform/glfw/mbgl-glfw

License

Mapbox GL Native is licensed under the 2-Clause BSD license. The licenses of its dependencies are tracked via FOSSA:

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