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24 alternatives to Cartographer

Real-time simultaneous localization and mapping library

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cartographer launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SO
   State-of-the-art realtime map matching engine▲29

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2MA
   MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data▲244

   2016 · maphub.net · its alternatives →

3. 3DS
   Dijkstra’s algorithm in the web browser with OpenStreetMap▲158

   2016 · christophercliff.com · its alternatives →

4. 4TR
   Tile38 – Realtime geofencing and geospatial index▲130

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5FA
   Find3 – An indoor positioning system for smartphones and laptops▲265

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6TA
   Tile38 – A geolocation DB with spatial index and realtime geofencing▲82

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7MA
   Mapus – An open source map tool with real-time collaboration▲7

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IE
   Interactively explore different map projections▲109

   2017 · mjmdavis.com · its alternatives →

9. 9AN
   A New, Clean Geolocation API▲167

   2017 · ipdata.co · its alternatives →

10. 10FA
    FIND – an indoor positioning system for smartphones and laptops▲183

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11AR
    A React components library for building interactive maps▲88

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AR
    A raytracer to shade topographic maps in R▲198

    2018 · tylermw.com · its alternatives →

13. 13LA
    Lumatic - a new kind of city map▲38

    2012 · lumatic.com · its alternatives →

14. 14M1
    Mapping 11M points with Tile38 – Mapbox/Geonames▲51

    2018 · geonames.tile38.com · its alternatives →

15. 15T3
    ThreeMap – 3D map visualizations and stuff▲17

    2018 · areknawo.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16TG
    three-geo – Geographic visualization with three.js▲41

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17FV
    fast visual-inertial odometry/SLAM for AR/VR/Robotics▲102

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Terrapattern▲77

    A visual search tool for satellite imagery

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19HT
    Heman – Tiny C library for working with height maps▲46

    2015 · heman.readthedocs.org · its alternatives →

20. 20MJ
    Maptalks.js, an open source JS lib to create integrated 2D-3D maps▲24

    2017 · maptalks.org · its alternatives →

21. 214A
    4m-accuracy Indoor Location with Beacons▲71

    2015 · blog.estimote.com · its alternatives →

22. 22MA
    Maputnik – a visual style editor for maps▲12

    2017 · maputnik.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Leaftlet▲9

    an OSS JS library for mobile-friendly interactive maps

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24IT
    Image-triangulation – Delaunay and Voronoi from scratch▲63

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →