# Maps & Cartography

## Libraries (JavaScript)

* Leaflet: <https://leafletjs.com/>\
  Plain and Simple.\
  Good solution if you want a simple map with a few markers and/or GeoJSON data.
* OpenLayers: <https://openlayers.org/>\
  Swiss knife.\
  Good solution if you want a map more complex features (WMS, WFS, ...).
* MapLibre: <https://maplibre.org/>\
  Open-source fork of Mapbox library.

## Tools

### OpenStreetMap

You need a map, you need a database with (geographical) data from all over the World, don't go any further, OpenStreetMap is the solution.

* Main website: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/>
* Wiki: <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/>
* API: <https://overpass-api.de/> (playground: <https://overpass-turbo.eu/>)

If you need help, contact Belgian community via <https://openstreetmap.be/en/contact.html>\
There are also most likely members of the Belgian community that are part of osoc, ask around.

### Routing

The following services are based on OpenStreetMap data.

* openrouteservice:\
  <https://openrouteservice.org/>
* GraphHopper:\
  <https://www.graphhopper.com/>
* Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM):\
  <http://project-osrm.org/>
* ...

### Open-data

* Geoportal of the Belgian federal institutions: \
  <https://www.geo.be/>
* Geopunt (Flanders - Vlaanderen): \
  <https://www.geopunt.be/catalogus>
* Géoportail de la Wallonie (Wallonia - Wallonie): \
  <https://geoportail.wallonie.be/catalogue-donnees-et-services>
* bric.brussels (Brussels - Bruxelles - Brussel): \
  [https://bric.brussels/en/our-solutions/urbis-solutions](https://bric.brussels/en/our-solutions/urbis-solutions?set_language=en)
* ...


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