CartoCSS
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CartoCSS is a stylesheet language used to design and style map tiles, particularly for OpenStreetMap-based web maps.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CartoCSS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10827926 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CartoCSS Context triple: [OpenStreetMap, mapRenderingSoftware, CartoCSS]
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A.
MapServer
MapServer is an open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications on the web.
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B.
Leaflet
Leaflet is a popular open-source JavaScript library for building interactive, mobile-friendly web maps.
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C.
Oracle Maps JavaScript API
Oracle Maps JavaScript API is a web mapping library from Oracle that lets developers embed interactive, data-driven maps and spatial visualizations into browser-based applications using Oracle spatial technologies.
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D.
MapInfo Professional
MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software application used for mapping, spatial analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
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E.
MapKit
MapKit is an Apple framework that enables developers to embed interactive maps and location-based features into their iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CartoCSS Target entity description: CartoCSS is a stylesheet language used to design and style map tiles, particularly for OpenStreetMap-based web maps.
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A.
MapServer
MapServer is an open-source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications on the web.
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B.
Leaflet
Leaflet is a popular open-source JavaScript library for building interactive, mobile-friendly web maps.
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C.
Oracle Maps JavaScript API
Oracle Maps JavaScript API is a web mapping library from Oracle that lets developers embed interactive, data-driven maps and spatial visualizations into browser-based applications using Oracle spatial technologies.
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D.
MapInfo Professional
MapInfo Professional is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) software application used for mapping, spatial analysis, and visualization of geographic data.
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E.
MapKit
MapKit is an Apple framework that enables developers to embed interactive maps and location-based features into their iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
domain-specific language
ⓘ
map styling language ⓘ stylesheet language ⓘ |
| allows |
nesting of style rules
ⓘ
separate styling for different zoom levels ⓘ styling based on feature attributes ⓘ use of variables in styles ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
raster tiles
ⓘ
vector tiles ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
OpenStreetMap community
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
open-source mapping tools ⓘ |
| category |
Domain-specific programming languages
ⓘ
Geographic information systems ⓘ Web mapping ⓘ |
| domain |
geospatial visualization
ⓘ
web mapping ⓘ |
| featureSelectionMechanism | filters on feature attributes GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasSyntaxSimilarityWith | CSS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | CSS ⓘ |
| outputFormat | Mapnik XML NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| processedBy |
Carto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mapnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
conditional styling
ⓘ
data-driven styling ⓘ layer-based styling ⓘ line styling ⓘ point styling ⓘ polygon styling ⓘ scale-dependent styling ⓘ symbolizers ⓘ text labeling ⓘ |
| supportsColorSpecification |
hex color codes
GENERATED
ⓘ
rgba color values GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsCompositingOptions |
image markers
GENERATED
ⓘ
line caps GENERATED ⓘ line joins GENERATED ⓘ opacity GENERATED ⓘ polygon patterns GENERATED ⓘ |
| supportsLabelPlacementOptions |
text font
GENERATED
ⓘ
text halo GENERATED ⓘ text placement GENERATED ⓘ text size GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalFileExtension | .mss ⓘ |
| usedFor |
designing web maps
ⓘ
styling OpenStreetMap-based maps ⓘ styling map tiles ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Carto (platform)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mapnik NERFINISHED ⓘ OpenStreetMap data ⓘ TileMill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CartoCSS Description of subject: CartoCSS is a stylesheet language used to design and style map tiles, particularly for OpenStreetMap-based web maps.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.