Mapsforge VS vtm

Compare Mapsforge vs vtm and see what are their differences.

Mapsforge

Vector map library and writer - running on Android and Desktop. (by mapsforge)

vtm

OpenGL vector map library - running on Android, iOS, Desktop and browser. (by mapsforge)
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Mapsforge vtm
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7.7 7.8
about 1 month ago about 1 month ago
Java Java
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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Mapsforge

Posts with mentions or reviews of Mapsforge. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-31.

vtm

Posts with mentions or reviews of vtm. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-31.
  • Wahoo equivalent of Garmin Connect, Lezyne GPS Root or Hammerhead Dashboard?
    4 projects | /r/wahoofitness | 31 May 2022
    You are correct, Valhalla is used for routing. Maps are rendered on the ELEMNT, BOLT and ROAM with mapsforge, BOLT2 with vtm. To look at map files there is cruiser cruiser (mapsforge) and cruiser-gl (vtm). Create updated maps with wahooMapsCreator. There is also some documentation how to add POI's or make a custom theme.
  • Why Openstreetmap as a product fails to compete with Google Maps – part 1/3
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jan 2021
    for an example. It's perfectly smooth. The application is closed source but the underlying renderer (VTM) is LGPL3. The renderer, https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm, is basically an OpenGL alternative for the mapsforge offline maps format and maintained by the same guy (the original mapsforge renderer is arguably a bit slow, struggling to hide its slowness behind cached tile bitmaps).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Mapsforge and vtm you can also consider the following projects:

Graphhopper - Open source routing engine for OpenStreetMap. Use it as Java library or standalone web server.

openstreetmap-tile-server - Docker file for a minimal effort OpenStreetMap tile server

GeoTools - Official GeoTools repository

openrouteservice - 🌍 The open source route planner api with plenty of features.

JTS Topology Suite - The JTS Topology Suite is a Java library for creating and manipulating vector geometry.

osmscout-server - Maps server providing tiles, geocoder, and router

Apache SIS - Java language library for developing geospatial applications following OGC/ISO standards.

osmand_map_creation - OSM data + open address data compiled for use in OSMAnd

H2GIS - A spatial extension of the H2 database.

mapsplit - A fast way to split OSM data in to a portable tiled format

Spatial4j - LocationTech Spatial4j: A Geospatial Library for Java

map2mc - Tool to generate a complete minecraft world out of a bitmap image (a map for example)