Tag: mapview

MapView: Server-Side Map Rendering for Rails

MapView: Server-Side Map Rendering for Rails April 12, 2026 After an extensive development journey, MapView has arrived: a powerful API for generating map images directly from your Ruby server. What is MapView? MapView is a Ruby gem that enables you to render maps, routes, points, and polygons with zoom levels ranging from a global world … Continue reading MapView: Server-Side Map Rendering for Rails →

Building a Complete GIS Stack in Rails: ruby-libgd + libgd-gis + map_view

Building a Complete GIS Stack in Rails: ruby-libgd + libgd-gis + map_view April 10, 2026 Over the past few months I’ve been working on a small GIS-oriented stack in Ruby, focused on a simple goal: rendering maps from GeoJSON directly on the server. It started at a low level, building bindings around libgd: ruby-libgd (MIT) … Continue reading Building a Complete GIS Stack in Rails: ruby-libgd + libgd-gis + map_view →