diff --git a/types/mapnik/index.d.ts b/types/mapnik/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for mapnik 3.x
+// Project: http://mapnik.org
+// Definitions by: Loli <https://github.com/ipv4sec>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/// <reference types="node" />
+export const settings: any;
+export function register_default_fonts(): void;
+export function register_default_input_plugins(): void;
+export function register_datasource(path: string): void;
+export class VectorTile {
+  constructor(z: number, x: number, y: number)
+  addDataSync(vectorTile: any): void;
+}
+export class Datasource {
+  constructor(datasource: any)
+  featureset(): Featureset;
+}
+
+export class Featureset {
+  constructor()
+  next(): FeaturesetNext;
+}
+export class FeaturesetNext {
+  constructor()
+  toJSON(): string;
+}
+
+export class Image {
+  constructor(x: number, y: number)
+  encode(type: string, callback?: (err: Error, buffer: Buffer) => void): void;
+  getData(): Buffer;
+}
+
+export interface Image {
+  // constructor(x: number, y: number)
+  new(x: number, y: number): () => void;
+  encode(type: string, callback?: (err: Error, buffer: Buffer) => void): void;
+  getData(): Buffer;
+  save(fp: string): () => void;
+  open(fp: string): () => void;
+}
+
+export class Map {
+  constructor(x: number, y: number)
+  load(xml: string, callback?: (err: Error, map: Map) => void): void;
+  zoomAll(): void;
+  render(images: Image | VectorTile , callback?: (err: Error, map: Image) => void): void;
+}
diff --git a/types/mapnik/mapnik-tests.ts b/types/mapnik/mapnik-tests.ts
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+import * as mapnik from "mapnik";
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as path from "path";
+
+mapnik.register_default_fonts();
+mapnik.register_default_input_plugins();
+
+const map: mapnik.Map = new mapnik.Map(256, 256);
+map.load('./test/stylesheet.xml', function xx(err: Error, map: mapnik.Map) {
+  if (err) throw err;
+  map.zoomAll();
+  const im: mapnik.Image = new mapnik.Image(256, 256);
+  map.render(im, function xxx(err: Error, im: mapnik.Image) {
+    if (err) throw err;
+    im.encode('png', function xxxx(err: Error, buffer: Buffer) {
+      if (err) throw err;
+      fs.writeFile('map.png', buffer, function xxxxx(err: Error) {
+        if (err) throw err;
+        console.log('saved map image to map.png');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+// new mapnik.Image.open("xxx").save("xx");
+
+mapnik.register_datasource(path.join(mapnik.settings.paths.input_plugins, 'shape.input'));
+const ds: mapnik.Datasource = new mapnik.Datasource({type: 'shape', file: 'test/data/world_merc.shp'});
+const featureset: mapnik.Featureset = ds.featureset();
+const geojson: any = {
+  type: "FeatureCollection",
+  features: [
+  ]
+};
+let feat: mapnik.FeaturesetNext = featureset.next();
+while (feat) {
+  geojson.features.push(JSON.parse(feat.toJSON()));
+  feat = featureset.next();
+}
+fs.writeFileSync("output.geojson", JSON.stringify(geojson, null, 2));
diff --git a/types/mapnik/tsconfig.json b/types/mapnik/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": [
+      "es6"
+    ],
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+    "baseUrl": "../",
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "../"
+    ],
+    "types": [],
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.d.ts",
+    "mapnik-tests.ts"
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/mapnik/tslint.json b/types/mapnik/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
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