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libchamplain is a C library providing a ClutterActor to display maps.
It also provides a Gtk+ widget to display maps in Gtk+ applications.
Python and Perl bindings are also available. It supports numerous free
map sources such as OpenStreetMap, OpenCycleMap, OpenAerialMap and Maps
for free.

libchamplain is named after Samuel de Champlain, famous French
navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is the "father of New-France"
and founder of Québec City, which was the 400th anniversary in 2008,
the year this library was created. 

Below variables can be used to configure the build:
  INTROSPECTION=no   : Don't generate introspection data
                       Needs building clutter and clutter-gtk built with
                       INTROSPECTION=yes
  VAPI=no            : Don't generate vapi data
  GTKDOC=yes         : Build reference manual