[OHM] Vector tile service

[todd.d.robbins at gmail.com]

Very cool Susanna! Is https://maps.wikimedia.org/ rendering vector tiles?
Seems like it. I'm impressed by how far along the Maps project is.

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi!
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation has released a beta service for map tiles in both
> raster and vector formats, based on OSM data.
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps
> https://github.com/kartotherian/kartotherian/
>
> For crossover projects I think this should be explored. Is there interest
> in experimentally taking advantage of this? What would be required? OHM is
> mentioned in the broader future plans of the project.
>
> Susanna
>
> 2015-10-28 1:52 GMT+02:00 Albin Larsson <albin.post at gmail.com>:
>
>> .mvt is a binary format, .geojson is human readable... Easier to work
>> with and more common.
>>
>> I guess most implementations can serve both formats.
>>
>> Glad to be back!
>>
>> //
>> Albin
>> On Oct 28, 2015 00:42, "todd.d.robbins at gmail.com" <
>> todd.d.robbins at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What about Mapbox's Vector Tiles spec?
>>>
>>>    -
>>>    - https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec
>>>    - https://github.com/mapbox/awesome-vector-tiles
>>>    - https://vimeo.com/106228141
>>>
>>>
>>> Worth exploring as we amass so much data/metadata within OHM.
>>>
>>> Glad to have you back, Albin! Cheers!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Albin Larsson <albin.post at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone, I'm back hacking on OHM again, too long since last time!
>>>>
>>>> I'm in need of vector tiles for my latest project, it's a requirement
>>>> for that time slider you know? ;-)
>>>>
>>>> I think GeoJSON is the preferred vector format these days.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible for anyone with the time to set such a service up
>>>> providing data from OHM?
>>>>
>>>> Relevant links:
>>>> https://github.com/mapzen/vector-datasource
>>>> https://github.com/mapzen/vagrant-tiles
>>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vector_tiles
>>>>
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