Kartograph is a new framework for creating interactive web-mapping applications without using Google Maps / Bing Maps or any other service. It was created taking into account the needs of designers and journalists .

You can look at the demos to find out what the Kartograph is capable of.

Magic Kartograph

The framework is built using jquery and raphaël.
The main concept of Kartograph is the division of the mapping process into the creation and rendering of maps. On the client side, this is the kartograph.js library, which displays the generated map files in SVG format. You can already choose from hundreds of ready-made maps or generate your map using the kartograph.py script, an open source Python SVG map generator.
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From idea to implementation

• Choose which map you want to display and which projection should be used.
  At the moment, the creation of maps is only available from ESRI shapefiles , in the future we plan to support other formats.
• Generate SVG map using kartograph.py. Adjust the map if necessary.
• Download the generated SVG to your site using kartograph.js. Specify which layers to add and add some CSS code. You can add more styles using SVG filters.
• Visualize your map using points on a map , a choropleth map, or a dot grid .

Github Project
Twitter project