libgd-gis continues to grow — now with styles and more

January 12, 2026

Real-world cartography in pure Ruby

RubyStackNews — January 2026

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From geometry to cities

Until recently, libgd-gis could render raw GeoJSON.

Now it renders cities.

Over the last development cycle, libgd-gis evolved from a low-level geometry renderer into a style-aware, layered GIS engine capable of producing publication-quality maps — directly from Ruby.

With the addition of:

• A style engine
• Layered GeoJSON
• The map.image drawing API
• A labeling system

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