C++ toolkit for developing GIS applications (utilities)

 Mapnik is an OpenSource C++ toolkit for developing GIS
 (Geographic Information Systems) applications. At the core is a C++
 shared library providing algorithms/patterns for spatial data access and
 visualization.
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 Essentially a collection of geographic objects (map, layer, datasource,
 feature, geometry), the library doesn't rely on "windowing systems" and
 is intended to work in multi-threaded environments
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 This package contains miscellaneous utilities distributed with mapnik:
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 shapeindex: program to creates file system based index for ESRI shape-files