originalankur/maptoposter — 13.9k★ on GitHub (Python). Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code.
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Generate beautiful, minimalist map posters for any city in the world.
Examples
Country
City
Theme
Poster
USA
San Francisco
sunset
Spain
Barcelona
warm_beige
Italy
Venice
blueprint
Japan
Tokyo
japanese_ink
India
Mumbai
contrast_zones
Morocco
Marrakech
terracotta
Singapore
Singapore
neon_cyberpunk
Australia
Melbourne
forest
UAE
Dubai
midnight_blue
USA
Seattle
emerald
Installation
With uv (Recommended)
Make sure uv is installed. Running the script by prepending uv run automatically creates and manages a virtual environment.
# First run will automatically install dependencies
uv run ./create_map_poster.py --city "Paris" --country "France"
# Or sync dependencies explicitly first (using locked versions)
uv sync --locked
uv run ./create_map_poster.py --city "Paris" --country "France"
z=11 Text labels (city, country, coords)
z=10 Gradient fades (top & bottom)
z=3 Roads (via ox.plot_graph)
z=2 Parks (green polygons)
z=1 Water (blue polygons)
z=0 Background color
OSM Highway Types → Road Hierarchy
# In get_edge_colors_by_type() and get_edge_widths_by_type()
motorway, motorway_link → Thickest (1.2), darkest
trunk, primary → Thick (1.0)
secondary → Medium (0.8)
tertiary → Thin (0.6)
residential, living_street → Thinnest (0.4), lightest
Typography & Script Detection
The script automatically detects text scripts to apply appropriate typography:
Latin scripts (English, French, Spanish, etc.): Letter spacing applied for elegant "P A R I S" effect
Non-Latin scripts (Japanese, Arabic, Thai, Korean, etc.): Natural spacing for "東京" (no gaps between characters)
Script detection uses Unicode ranges (U+0000-U+024F for Latin). If >80% of alphabetic characters are Latin, spacing is applied.
Adding New Features
New map layer (e.g., railways):
# In create_poster(), after parks fetch:
try:
railways = ox.features_from_point(point, tags={'railway': 'rail'}, dist=dist)
except:
railways = None
# Then plot before roads:
if railways is not None and not railways.empty:
railways = railways.to_crs(g_proj.graph["crs"])
railways.plot(ax=ax, color=THEME['railway'], linewidth=0.5, zorder=2.5)
New theme property:
Add to theme JSON: "railway": "#FF0000"
Use in code: THEME['railway']
Add fallback in load_theme() default dict
Typography Positioning
All text uses transform=ax.transAxes (0-1 normalized coordinates):
y=0.14 City name (spaced letters for Latin scripts)
y=0.125 Decorative line
y=0.10 Country name
y=0.07 Coordinates
y=0.02 Attribution (bottom-right)
Useful OSMnx Patterns
# Get all buildings
buildings = ox.features_from_point(point, tags={'building': True}, dist=dist)
# Get specific amenities
cafes = ox.features_from_point(point, tags={'amenity': 'cafe'}, dist=dist)
# Different network types
G = ox.graph_from_point(point, dist=dist, network_type='drive') # roads only
G = ox.graph_from_point(point, dist=dist, network_type='bike') # bike paths
G = ox.graph_from_point(point, dist=dist, network_type='walk') # pedestrian
Performance Tips
Large dist values (>20km) = slow downloads + memory heavy
Cache coordinates locally to avoid Nominatim rate limits
Use network_type='drive' instead of 'all' for faster renders
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What is originalankur/maptoposter?
originalankur/maptoposter (originalankur/maptoposter) is a Python project on GitHub. From the project's own README: Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code.
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