[OHM] Vector tile service

[todd.d.robbins at gmail.com]

I actually looked at the Kartotherian repo and answered my own question:
yes, they're vector tiles. It helps to read the docs. 😊

Carry on...

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:43 PM, todd.d.robbins at gmail.com <
todd.d.robbins at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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