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Mapnik vs Nefarious

A side-by-side look at Mapnik and Nefarious. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Mapnik

Mapnik

Development

Mapnik is an open source toolkit for developing mapping applications. It provides components for spatial data access, visualization, and analysis. Mapnik supports many common data formats and allows customization of map styles.

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Nefarious

Nefarious

Development

Nefarious is an open source web crawling framework written in Python that is intended for researching and indexing web content. It can be used legally for building search engines or archiving public sites, but also has capabilities that could enable unauthorized access if misused.

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