UiMapper (while waiting for a better name :-) ) is a Python class to create a complete UI for browsing a geographical map, built runtime with OpenStreetMap.org tiles and able to contain both points and tracks.

The utility can be used as a standalone program or be called by external python scripts, for example to show a geographic location or a track

If you type "python" on the command line (being it windows, linux or mac) and it DOESN'T return an error, you can skip the following two steps:

• Python 2.7 (for Windows: http://www.python.org/download/)
• add Python to your Windows PATH

Then:

• PySide (for Windows: http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/PySideBinariesWindows)

Other requirements:

• The class needs a tmp/ directory to store cached tiles.

To start the basic UI, just type:

python mapper.py

If you want to try something more interesting, you could try write and test this little sample script:

import mapper, sys
from PySide import QtGui

app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
finestra = mapper.Mapper()

traccia = mapper.Track("sample track")
traccia.addPoint(mapper.Point("sample point 1", 42, 10, "red"))
traccia.addPoint(mapper.Point("sample point 2", 42.001, 10, "red"))
finestra.addTrack(traccia)

finestra.show()
finestra.refresh()

sys.exit(app.exec_())