libchamplain is a Gtk widget displaying zoomable and pannable maps that can be loaded from various network sources. It supports overlay layers, markers, and custom elements displayed on top of the maps. The library is written in C but other language mappings are also available thanks to GObject-Introspection.
libchamplain depends on the following libraries:
To build libchamplain from sources using meson, run:
meson _builddir; cd _builddir; ninja; sudo ninja install
It is possible to specify compilation options defined in meson_options.txt
by using the -D flag, e.g.:
meson _builddir -Dgtk_doc=true -Ddemos=true
The repository and bug report page is at:
Release tarballs can be downloaded from:
For simple examples how to use the library, check the demos directory;
in particular, the minimal-gtk.c and minimal.py demos are good starting
points to see how to get the most basic map application running.
Full documentation can be found at:
The official forum is at:
The official IRC channel is at:
- irc://irc.freenode.org/#champlain
libchamplain is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or (at your option) later.