Gregory's ServerI genuinely feel like #Protomaps is not nearly getting the attention it deserves
We can drop a single file on a static host and get stylable vector maps? Magic ✨
In combination with Maplibre it's a game changer for 99% of web map use cases 👏
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   @thibaultmol @djh Yeah, I've seen the project before; it _is_ interesting and might be worth it to experiment with. One drawback is that it is still somewhat experimental and a one-man-project (but then again, MapComplete has a single point of failure there too ;) ) At the same time, the maptiler bill bounced and is getting more expensive... It crossed the half-a-million 'view requests' past month... @djh that's awesome. I might try that out for one project of mine. Would this work for tilesets which only cover parts of the globe, e.g. custom overlay as tiles?  @djh @astrojuanlu yes, but the creator’s account @bdon is more active than the @protomaps account, or at least so far.   @djh curious, I wanted to implement myself something exactly like this… good to know it’s already been proven feasible :blobcateyes:  @djh 💯 When I read the idea for the pmtiles format i thought it was so obvious, and simple and yet no-one had every thought of doing that. I've been *very* happy with pmtiles (via tippecanoe) for my river map https://amandasaurus.github.io/osm-river-basins/   @migurski @amapanda @djh @bdon That reminded me of sqlite on github pages: https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/hosting-sqlite-databases-on-github-pages/  @zverik @migurski @amapanda @djh @bdon @djh Absolutely. People just don't know about it. I plan to write an article on geo in cloud, but first I have to leave my job :) |
Where's the moat in web maps nowadays?
3d? Proprietary data?
2d maps with OpenStreetMap data seem Good Enough ™️ for what most folks need, and those use cases are definitely covered by Maplibre + Protomaps 🤌✨
(I'm specifically not talking about services like geocoding, navigation, etc. here but only basemaps)