[OSM-dev] OSM Vector Tiles

[Petr Pridal]

Hi,

you may be interested in http://osm2vectortiles.org/ project.

It provides:

1) raster tiles made on demand for a custom styled copy of OpenStreetMap -
with software installable even on a low end virtual server, with three
basic steps: Download vector tiles (the world is in first version 62 GB,
extract of countries are available). Dowload a style project (.tm2).
Install a mapnik tileserver to produce raster tiles on demand (no
PostgreSQL required).
Tutorial: http://osm2vectortiles.org/docs/start/.
A typical result may look like: http://maps.klokantech.com/ (try it with
your email address).

2) vector tiles directly usable in MapBox GL libraries, Leaflet or
OpenLayers, which can be easily served from your own server, or used even
offline.
A typical result may look like: http://osm2vectortiles.tileserver.com/ with
styling like http://osm2vectortiles.org/maps/

3) process to generate new custom vector tiles from OSM Planet or extracts.
With detailed documentation and guides - all done with open-source tools.
See: http://osm2vectortiles.org/docs/

The open-source project is result of cooperation between Klokan
Technologies GmbH (http://www.klokantech.com/) and students from Geometa
Lab HSR, Switzerland (http://hsr.ch/geometalab) and is build on top of open
standards and technology developed by MapBox Inc. (http://www.mapbox.com/)
- such as the MapBox Studio Classic, tilelive-js, mapnik-vector-tile, etc.

We would be glad for feedback from the OpenStreetMap community.

Best regards,

Petr
--
Petr Pridal, Ph.D.
CEO

Klokan Technologies GmbH
Hofnerstrasse 98, 6314 Unterageri, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)41 511 26 12
Email: info at klokantech.com
Web: http://www.klokantech.com/
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