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LocationIQ vs TileStache: What are the differences?

Developers describe LocationIQ as "OpenStreetMap addresses served from SSDs". Free and Fast Geocoding Service. On the other hand, TileStache is detailed as "A Python-based server application that can serve up map tiles based on rendered geographic data". TileStache is a Python-based server application that can serve up map tiles based on rendered geographic data. You might be familiar with TileCache, the venerable open source WMS server from MetaCarta. TileStache is similar, but we hope simpler and better-suited to the needs of designers and cartographers.

LocationIQ and TileStache can be categorized as "Mapping APIs" tools.

TileStache is an open source tool with 670 GitHub stars and 273 GitHub forks. Here's a link to TileStache's open source repository on GitHub.

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    What is LocationIQ?

    Free and Fast Geocoding Service

    What is TileStache?

    TileStache is a Python-based server application that can serve up map tiles based on rendered geographic data. You might be familiar with TileCache, the venerable open source WMS server from MetaCarta. TileStache is similar, but we hope simpler and better-suited to the needs of designers and cartographers.

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