Trying to find the easiest way to export custom maps

Processing Libraries
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Hi all,
Long-time Processing user, but new to the forum.
I’m wondering if someone can give me a suggestion of the best way to accomplish this.

I am visualizing a series of GPS coordinates, spanning a large part of the globe. For example, I will visualize my ancestors migration from Ireland to Canada.
I’d like to be to export a map with place names and boundaries (or roads) centered on a given GPS coordinate, with a defined window (lat/long bounding box). I would like to be able to do this for every step along a trajectory, to create a film, so it needs to be automated.
I’ve tried with Basemap in Processing and several Python packages, but I’ve just not found a way of getting this working.

Any help is much appreciated!

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Sounds like a cool project. Which part of this are you stuck on? What did you try with Basemap, and what didn’t work about it?

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I’m stuck on actually controlling the bounds and zoom of the map.
I was mistaken in my post, Basemap is the python package I tried, I meant geoMap from gicentre.
I’ve read through all the documentation from https://www.gicentre.net/geomap/using/ and tried each of the examples from the package.
What I would like to be able to do is return a portion of a map using the bounding box coordinates, something as close to this as possible:

size(1000,1000);
drawMap(minLongitude, minLatitude, maxLongitude, maxLatitude);

Does anyone know a Processing package that can do this (or another scriptable solution)?

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You might look into using Unfolding Maps.

Googling “java openstreetmap” returns a ton of promising results.

You could also look into using Google’s JavaScript maps API.

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Cool, thanks for the tips!