TileMill

TileMill is an open source map design studio for creating custom cartographic maps using a browser-based interface, powered by Mapnik as the renderer and CartoCSS as the stylesheet language. It allows users to author, style, and export maps as image tiles or MBTiles files for web publication.…

Key facts

First appeared: 2011
Category: technology
Problem solved: TileMill simplified the complex process of designing and rendering custom web maps, which previously required deep expertise in tools like Mapnik, by providing an intuitive GUI for styling with CartoCSS and exporting to efficient tile formats that predecessors handled only through command-line or manual configuration.
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Related technologies

OpenStreetMap
PostgreSQL
TileStream
Mapnik
MBTiles
CartoCSS

Notable users

OpenStreetMap community
Mapbox
Development Seed