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English
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Summary

CARTO VL is a fully GPU accelerated library for map making that has unleashed the full potential behind WebGL, allowing for fast and efficient styling and rendering of features on maps. The library's rendering pipeline uses 2D textures to store feature properties and rendering properties, and dynamically generates shaders to transform feature properties into feature rendering properties. This allows for super-fast restyling and supports a wide range of geometry types and filtering options, making it ideal for applications that require high-performance mapping capabilities. By using WebGL's full potential, CARTO VL enables the display of large numbers of animated features at 60 frames per second, making it an attractive solution for developers looking to improve their map-making capabilities.