[OSM-talk] Label language on the Default stylesheet

Jan Martinec jan at martinec.name
Thu Nov 2 15:38:53 UTC 2017


On 11/02/17 08:20, Tomas Straupis wrote:
> What was the reason NOT to use vector tiles?
> As that would solve most of the problems discussed in this thread.
>
They didn't exist in a usable form at the time (I think), and most 
deployments are WebGL-based ("not a newish browser on a newish computer? 
Go away!"); switching from a image-based to a vector-based 
infrastructure is non-trivial. But vector tiles are the likely way 
forward, I definitely agree.

Best regards,

Honza "Piskvor" Martinec



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