go-staticmaps

A go (golang) library and command line tool to render static map images using OpenStreetMap tiles.

What?

go-staticmaps is a golang library that allows you to create nice static map images from OpenStreetMap tiles, along with markers of different size and color, as well as paths and colored areas.

For a Python version with a similar interface, take a look at py-staticmaps.

go-staticmaps comes with a command line tool called create-static-map for use in shell scripts, etc.

How?

Installation

Installing go-staticmaps is as easy as

go get -u github.com/flopp/go-staticmaps

For the command line tool, use

go get -u github.com/flopp/go-staticmaps/create-static-map

Of course, your local Go installation must be setup up properly.

Library Usage

Create a 400x300 pixel map with a red marker:

package main

import (
  "image/color"

  "github.com/flopp/go-staticmaps"
  "github.com/fogleman/gg"
  "github.com/golang/geo/s2"
)

func main() {
  ctx := sm.NewContext()
  ctx.SetSize(400, 300)
  ctx.AddObject(
    sm.NewMarker(
      s2.LatLngFromDegrees(52.514536, 13.350151),
      color.RGBA{0xff, 0, 0, 0xff},
      16.0,
    ),
  )

  img, err := ctx.Render()
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  if err := gg.SavePNG("my-map.png", img); err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
}

See PkgGoDev for a complete documentation and the source code of the command line tool for an example how to use the package.

Command Line Usage

Usage:
  create-static-map [OPTIONS]

Creates a static map

Application Options:
      --width=PIXELS       Width of the generated static map image (default: 512)
      --height=PIXELS      Height of the generated static map image (default: 512)
  -o, --output=FILENAME    Output file name (default: map.png)
  -t, --type=MAPTYPE       Select the map type; list possible map types with '--type list'
  -c, --center=LATLNG      Center coordinates (lat,lng) of the static map
  -z, --zoom=ZOOMLEVEL     Zoom factor
  -b, --bbox=NW_LATLNG|SE_LATLNG
                           Set the bounding box (NW_LATLNG = north-western point of the
                           bounding box, SW_LATLNG = southe-western point of the bounding
                           box)
  --background=COLOR       Background color (default: transparent)
  -u, --useragent=USERAGENT
                           Overwrite the default HTTP user agent string
  -m, --marker=MARKER      Add a marker to the static map
  -p, --path=PATH          Add a path to the static map
  -a, --area=AREA          Add an area to the static map
  -C, --circle=CIRCLE      Add a circle to the static map

Help Options:
  -h, --help               Show this help message

General

The command line interface tries to resemble Google's Static Maps API. If neither --bbox, --center, nor --zoom are given, the map extent is determined from the specified markers, paths and areas.

--background lets you specify a color used for map areas that are not covered by map tiles (areas north of 85°/south of -85°).

Markers

The --marker option defines one or more map markers of the same style. Use multiple --marker options to add markers of different styles.

--marker MARKER_STYLES|LATLNG|LATLNG|...

LATLNG is a comma separated pair of latitude and longitude, e.g. 52.5153,13.3564.

MARKER_STYLES consists of a set of style descriptors separated by the pipe character |:

• color:COLOR - where COLOR is either of the form 0xRRGGBB, 0xRRGGBBAA, or one of black, blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, yellow, white (default: red)
• size:SIZE - where SIZE is one of mid, small, tiny, or some number > 0 (default: mid)
• label:LABEL - where LABEL is an alpha numeric character, i.e. A-Z, a-z, 0-9; (default: no label)
• labelcolor:COLOR - where COLOR is either of the form 0xRRGGBB, 0xRRGGBBAA, or one of black, blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, yellow, white (default: black or white, depending on the marker color)

Paths

The --path option defines a path on the map. Use multiple --path options to add multiple paths to the map.

--path PATH_STYLES|LATLNG|LATLNG|...

or

--path PATH_STYLES|gpx:my_gpx_file.gpx

PATH_STYLES consists of a set of style descriptors separated by the pipe character |:

• color:COLOR - where COLOR is either of the form 0xRRGGBB, 0xRRGGBBAA, or one of black, blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, yellow, white (default: red)
• weight:WEIGHT - where WEIGHT is the line width in pixels (defaut: 5)

Areas

The --area option defines a closed area on the map. Use multiple --area options to add multiple areas to the map.

--area AREA_STYLES|LATLNG|LATLNG|...

AREA_STYLES consists of a set of style descriptors separated by the pipe character |:

• color:COLOR - where COLOR is either of the form 0xRRGGBB, 0xRRGGBBAA, or one of black, blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, yellow, white (default: red)
• weight:WEIGHT - where WEIGHT is the line width in pixels (defaut: 5)
• fill:COLOR - where COLOR is either of the form 0xRRGGBB, 0xRRGGBBAA, or one of black, blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, yellow, white (default: none)

Circles

The --circles option defines one or more circles of the same style. Use multiple --circle options to add circles of different styles.

--circle CIRCLE_STYLES|LATLNG|LATLNG|...

LATLNG is a comma separated pair of latitude and longitude, e.g. 52.5153,13.3564.

CIRCLE_STYLES consists of a set of style descriptors separated by the pipe character |:

• color:COLOR - where COLOR is either of the form 0xRRGGBB, 0xRRGGBBAA, or one of black, blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, yellow, white (default: red)
• fill:COLOR - where COLOR is either of the form 0xRRGGBB, 0xRRGGBBAA, or one of black, blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, yellow, white (default: no fill color)
• radius:RADIUS - where RADIUS is te circle radius in meters (default: 100.0)
• weight:WEIGHT - where WEIGHT is the line width in pixels (defaut: 5)

Examples

Basic Maps

Centered at "N 52.514536 E 13.350151" with zoom level 10:

$ create-static-map --width 600 --height 400 -o map1.png -c "52.514536,13.350151" -z 10

A map with a marker at "N 52.514536 E 13.350151" with zoom level 14 (no need to specify the map's center - it is automatically computed from the marker(s)):

$ create-static-map --width 600 --height 400 -o map2.png -z 14 -m "52.514536,13.350151"

A map with two markers (red and green). If there are more than two markers in the map, a good zoom level can be determined automatically:

$ create-static-map --width 600 --height 400 -o map3.png -m "color:red|52.514536,13.350151" -m "color:green|52.516285,13.377746"

Create a map of the Berlin Marathon

create-static-map --width 800 --height 600 \
  --marker "color:green|52.5153,13.3564" \
  --marker "color:red|52.5160,13.3711" \
  --output "berlin-marathon.png" \
  --path "color:blue|weight:2|gpx:berlin-marathon.gpx"

Create a map of the US capitals

create-static-map --width 800 --height 400 \
  --output "us-capitals.png" \
  --marker "color:blue|size:tiny|32.3754,-86.2996|58.3637,-134.5721|33.4483,-112.0738|34.7244,-92.2789|\
    38.5737,-121.4871|39.7551,-104.9881|41.7665,-72.6732|39.1615,-75.5136|30.4382,-84.2806|33.7545,-84.3897|\
    21.2920,-157.8219|43.6021,-116.2125|39.8018,-89.6533|39.7670,-86.1563|41.5888,-93.6203|39.0474,-95.6815|\
    38.1894,-84.8715|30.4493,-91.1882|44.3294,-69.7323|38.9693,-76.5197|42.3589,-71.0568|42.7336,-84.5466|\
    44.9446,-93.1027|32.3122,-90.1780|38.5698,-92.1941|46.5911,-112.0205|40.8136,-96.7026|39.1501,-119.7519|\
    43.2314,-71.5597|40.2202,-74.7642|35.6816,-105.9381|42.6517,-73.7551|35.7797,-78.6434|46.8084,-100.7694|\
    39.9622,-83.0007|35.4931,-97.4591|44.9370,-123.0272|40.2740,-76.8849|41.8270,-71.4087|34.0007,-81.0353|\
    44.3776,-100.3177|36.1589,-86.7821|30.2687,-97.7452|40.7716,-111.8882|44.2627,-72.5716|37.5408,-77.4339|\
    47.0449,-122.9016|38.3533,-81.6354|43.0632,-89.4007|41.1389,-104.8165"

Create a map of Australia

...where the Northern Territory is highlighted and the capital Canberra is marked.

create-static-map --width 800 --height 600 \
  --center="-26.284973,134.303764" \
  --output "australia.png" \
  --marker "color:blue|-35.305200,149.121574" \
  --area "color:0x00FF00|fill:0x00FF007F|weight:2|-25.994024,129.013847|-25.994024,137.989677|-16.537670,138.011649|\
    -14.834820,135.385917|-12.293236,137.033866|-11.174554,130.398124|-12.925791,130.167411|-14.866678,129.002860"

Acknowledgements

Besides the go standard library, go-staticmaps uses

• OpenStreetMap, Thunderforest, OpenTopoMap, Stamen and Carto as map tile providers
• Go Graphics for 2D drawing
• S2 geometry library for spherical geometry calculations
• appdirs for platform specific system directories
• gpxgo for loading GPX files
• go-coordsparser for parsing geo coordinates

Contributors

• Kooper: fixed library usage examples
• felix: added more tile servers
• wiless: suggested to add user definable marker label colors
• noki: suggested to add a user definable bounding box
• digitocero: reported and fixed type mismatch error
• bcicen: reported and fixed syntax error in examples
• pshevtsov: fixed drawing of empty attribution strings
• Luzifer: added overwritable user agent strings to comply with the OSM tile usage policy
• Jason Fox: added RenderWithBounds function
• Alexander A. Kapralov: initial circles implementation
• tsukumaru: added NewArea and NewPath functions

License

Copyright 2016, 2017 Florian Pigorsch & Contributors. All rights reserved.

Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.