After few late nights and lots of coffee I release the first version of osm-wate.rs. A small tool written in Rust 🦀 to get OSM water bodies that intersect with your chosen geometries. The CLI is a work in progress but it is fast… I mean, really fast! It processed over 1GB of polygons in only 4 seconds! -> Here’s a link to the package Enjoy!…

Mapnik stands out as an excellent tile server, garnering praise for its capabilities. However, the absence of recent releases has prompted many, including myself, to seek potential substitutes. In my exploration, I experimented with Martin , written in Rust and supported by the awesome MapLibre collective — compelling reasons to give it a try. While more detailed performance analyses exist on the web for both Mapnik and Martin, this brief post provides an overview of the Mapnik vs.…