maptoposter
Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code.
Runssource: GitHubPythonMITcommit 6d03069f3455
Python, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: design, maps, matplotlib pyplot, openstreetmap, osmnx, poster, python and visualdesign.
maptoposter runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 2 minutes and hit no errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Install completes with no errors, flake8 passes, and the script generates valid map poster PNGs from live OpenStreetMap data via Nominatim geocoding and OSMnx for any city/country pair across all 17 themes, with Google Fonts i18n support confirmed working.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 60 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
- Install time
- 2 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 6 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 0 hit, 0 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- pip install -r requirements.txt exited 0 (34 packages); flake8 exited 0 on both .py files; python3 create_map_poster.py --city Paris --country France --distance 5000 -W 3.6 -H 3.6 produced a valid PNG (1.2 MB, ffmpeg -v error -i FILE -f null - returned no errors); second run with theme noir for Rome produced a valid PNG (719 KB, same ffmpeg check passed); --list-themes listed all 17 themes.
- Model tokens used
- 109,622
- Exact commit tested
- 6d03069f3455
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
new_york_noir_20260108_164217.png new_york_noir_20260108_172453.png san_francisco_sunset_20260108_184122.png singapore_neon_cyberpunk_20260108_184503.png tokyo_japanese_ink_20260108_165830.png venice_blueprint_20260108_165527.png washington_blueprint_20260108_184314.png 23 All tests completed successfully. Here's the final report: tokens used 109,622 All tests completed successfully. Here's the final report:
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 2 minutes.
- Nothing broke on the way: zero errors between clone and running.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 2 minutes after the clone.
- Following its own README: the documented path worked with nothing to fix.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 2/3 | Runs | 100.00 | 0.02 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Did not run | 20.00 | 0.03 |
Topics (from GitHub)
designmapsmatplotlib-pyplotopenstreetmaposmnxposterpythonvisualdesign
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Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/maptoposter)Questions
- Does maptoposter run?
- Yes. maptoposter runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 2 minutes, hitting 0 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test maptoposter?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 6d03069f3455. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test maptoposter?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.02: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does maptoposter take to install?
- 2 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does maptoposter need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing maptoposter?
- Nothing did, in the recorded run: zero errors between clone and running.
- Where is the evidence for maptoposter?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.