drawtonomy vs MapToolbox
MapToolbox
Section titled “MapToolbox”MapToolbox by Autocore AI is an open-source Unity plugin for creating Lanelet2 maps for Autoware.
What MapToolbox covers, per the official README:
- Unity-based 3D editing for Autoware HD maps.
- Lanelet2 export for direct use in Autoware.
- Lanelet creation, traffic light / stop line / traffic sign placement.
- Installable via Unity Package Manager.
- Licensed under LGPL-3.0.
If your team already uses Unity for related work — simulation, visualization, asset management — MapToolbox keeps Lanelet2 authoring inside the same environment.
Other Lanelet2 editors to know
Section titled “Other Lanelet2 editors to know”- TIER IV Vector Map Builder — free browser-based, with regulatory-element support.
- JOSM with the Autoware Lanelet2 plugin — desktop OSM editor.
Where drawtonomy might fit alongside MapToolbox
Section titled “Where drawtonomy might fit alongside MapToolbox”drawtonomy and MapToolbox don’t really overlap — one is a Unity-based 3D editor, the other is a 2D browser whiteboard. They can sit next to each other in a workflow.
Per drawtonomy’s exporter documentation:
- Imports a Lanelet2
.osmfile and renders lanelets as editable shapes. - Lets you reshape boundaries and do basic geometric tweaks.
- Re-exports while preserving regulatory elements through a sidecar.
- Does not support creating or editing regulatory elements in the UI.
A few small things drawtonomy can add alongside MapToolbox:
- Browser-only inspection of a Lanelet2 map without setting up Unity.
- 2D top-down figures of a small piece of a Lanelet2 map for a paper or slide.
.drawtonomy.svgas a re-editable figure source for documentation.- OpenSCENARIO 1.3 + OpenDRIVE 1.8 export for the same scene, if you want an esmini-playable companion.
For Autoware HD-map authoring in Unity, MapToolbox is the right tool. drawtonomy is for figures and quick browser-side inspection.
In the same Lanelet2 / Autoware community
Section titled “In the same Lanelet2 / Autoware community”MapToolbox brings Lanelet2 authoring into the Unity ecosystem, which is a useful bridge for teams who also build simulators or visualizations in Unity. drawtonomy reads and writes the same Lanelet2 OSM format, so a map authored in MapToolbox can be opened in drawtonomy for a quick figure, and vice versa for light geometric tweaks. Both tools — alongside Vector Map Builder, JOSM, and the rest of the Autoware Foundation ecosystem — contribute to the same open HD-map community from different angles.