Documentation

The following list contains a number of articles that will introduce you to libosmscout and its concepts.

If you are looking for some tutorials and concrete examples please visit our Tutorials section.

• Download source (2023-03-27)
  Where to find the libosmscout sources
• Directory structure (2016-08-14)
  Description of the directory layout of the git repository
• Building (2023-03-27)
  How to build libosmscout yourself
• Packages (2023-03-27)
  Where to find prebuild distribution packages
• Docker images (2016-05-29)
  How to download and build libosmscout
• Releases (2016-05-29)
  Information about the release model
• General Concepts (2017-06-04)
  Description of some basic concepts of libosmscout
• Database files (2016-05-29)
  Description of the indivudal db files and their function
• Style sheet syntax (2018-04-21)
  Description of the style sheet syntax in *.oss files
• Type definition (2016-06-30)
  Typedefinition using *.ost files
• Render backend requirements (2016-08-10)
  Requires to full for render backends
• Render process (2016-08-10)
  From Database to map: Description of the render process
• OpenGL backend (2017-08-04)
  Description of the inner workings of the OpenGL backend
• Qt QML API (2017-10-15)
  Description of the Qt QML API
• Java support via SWIG (2019-06-15)
  Support for Java and especially Android via SWIG
• Companion projects (2016-10-10)
  List of projects around libosmscout
• Contact (2016-05-29)
  How to contact the libosmscout community?