DataAcuity Maps

Africa-first vector tiles, geocoding, and POIs — served from our own infrastructure.

Most map providers treat Africa as an afterthought. DataAcuity Maps is the opposite: we built the tiles ourselves, we keep them current, and we serve them from a Cape Town-ready data centre. Same REST surface as the big providers; better African coverage; no FX cost on your bill.

Get an API key Product spec

What's included

Vector tile server

MapLibre-compatible MVT tiles served from maps.dataacuity.co.za/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf. Drop it into your existing MapLibre / Mapbox GL frontend.

Geocoding REST API

Same shape as the GeoGlobal MCP — but exposed as plain REST for apps that don't speak MCP yet.

OSM-current

We refresh the African extract weekly. Roads, place names, POIs — all updated from the OpenStreetMap project's planet feed.

POI index

3.5 million points of interest tagged with category, sub-category, source (OSM / Wikipedia), and an interest score. Searchable by spatial radius.

Reverse geocoding

Coordinates → nearest populated place + distance. Indexed with PostGIS GiST so queries return well below 50 ms even at scale.

Static map images

PNG/WebP static maps with marker overlays — for emails, OG cards, and apps that can't render tiles.

Drop it into MapLibre

const map = new maplibregl.Map({
  container: 'map',
  style: 'https://maps.dataacuity.co.za/styles/streets.json',
  center: [18.42, -33.92],   // Cape Town
  zoom: 12,
  transformRequest: (url) => ({
    url,
    headers: { 'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_KEY' }
  })
});

Coverage

All 54 African countries

Weekly OSM refresh cadence

< 50 ms geocode response

ZAR native billing

Ready to map Africa properly?

Free tier covers 1,000 requests per day — enough for a real prototype.

Get an API key See pricing