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MapProxy: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

MapProxy is an open-source proxy for geospatial data. It caches data from existing map services, accelerates it, transforms it to other projections and serves it to desktop and web GIS clients. It is written in Python and distributed under the Apache License 2.0. Organisations use MapProxy to speed up map services without changing the source services, as an open alternative to proprietary caching functions in commercial GIS platforms.

The project is maintained by terrestris GmbH & Co. KG in Bonn, Germany. MapProxy is a software library without a vendor cloud service, so the organisation decides where the software and its data run, on its own servers or with a European hosting provider. The code is open source and can be reviewed, and no vendor cloud is part of the chain. For a European organisation this means control of its map infrastructure without dependence on a non-European vendor.

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Sovereignty score
94 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-6100
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
GIS & Geospatial
Type
Product
Website
mapproxy.org ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to MapProxy

The European alternatives to MapProxy come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with MapProxy

MapProxy is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so MapProxy scores best on data residency.

MapProxy is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs MapProxy together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to MapProxy?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to MapProxy include 52°North, Airbus Defence & Space and Camptocamp. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to MapProxy?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to MapProxy include 52°North and Camptocamp. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is MapProxy GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

MapProxy is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes MapProxy an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in GIS & Geospatial

GIS & Geospatial: Geographic information systems, map visualisation and spatial data analysis. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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