Abc-Map

  

Abc-Map is a geographic information processing tool that is easy to understand and use.

Use cases:

• Education
• Professional uses: tourism, deliveries, ...
• Sports and leisure: hiking, hunting, treasure hunts, ...

Why ?

There are some very good GIS available: QGIS and others are great software. But they are designed by and for experts, and are hard to use.

Abc-Map is a lightweight GIS whose objective is to offer a good user experience for neophytes as for experts in a hurry.

What can I do with this thing ?

• You can create and process geographic data (geojson, shapefiles, WMS, WMTS, XYZ, ...)
• You can export maps in PDF or PNG format
• You can share online maps on your sites in iframe or fullscreen
• If you are a nerd you can practice Javascript, Typescript, React, Openlayers and more !

Who uses Abc-Map ?

• Sportsmen and women for running or cycling routes
• Teachers and students for workshops
• Entrepreneurs to georeference their activities or one-off events
• Police, gendarmes and coastguards for public service missions
• Ecological associations for the organization of community actions
• Professional researchers and enthusiasts to illustrate historical or political narratives
• Tourist offices for tour itineraries
• Town halls and citizens' committees for the organization of markets or celebrations
• Humanitarian and solidarity organizations for social action missions

How can I help ?

See CONTRIBUTING and backlog.

Source code, issues, license

Main repository is hosted on Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/abc-map/abc-map.

Something went wrong ? Take a look at the issues.

All source code is distributed under GPLv3 license, see LICENSE.txt.

Technologies used

Backend:

• NodeJS
• Typescript
• Fastify
• Mongodb
• K6 for load testing
• Docker and Docker Compose for local development
• Kubernetes and Helm for deployment

• Typescript
• React
• Openlayers
• Bootstrap

Status of project

Abc-Map 2 is at a very early stage. A lot of things needs to be - and will be - improved 💪