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Spatialists<p>MVT, MBT, PMTiles: Everything to know about vector tiles: Daniel-J-H offers a comprehensive overview of <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/vectortiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectortiles</span></a> technology, including <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Mapbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapbox</span></a> Vector Tiles (<a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/MVT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MVT</span></a>), <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/MBTiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBTiles</span></a>, and <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a>’s <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/PMTiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PMTiles</span></a>. The post explains the evolution from <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/raster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raster</span></a> to <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vector</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a>, compares key formats and technologies,... <br><a href="https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/05-19-mvt-mbt-pmtiles-everything-to-know-about-vector-tiles/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spatialists.ch/posts/2025/05-1</span><span class="invisible">9-mvt-mbt-pmtiles-everything-to-know-about-vector-tiles/</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/GISchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GISchat</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geospatial</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/SwissGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwissGIS</span></a></p>
Balise<p>OKAY, I'm reasonably happy with the current version. I now have a "progress map" on AlphabeticalZürich, available at <a href="https://www.alphabeticalzurich.ch/map.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">alphabeticalzurich.ch/map.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The base tiles are <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@protomaps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>protomaps</span></a></span>, with an extra dash of Leaflet (<a href="https://leafletjs.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">leafletjs.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), an export of my progress spreadsheet as CSV, and some "let's throw some Zürich opendata at the geometry problem".</p><p>And a non-zero amount of work to integrate it as I wanted (including "how do I avoid trivially leaking my API key"), but I *think* it's reasonably clean. It would probably warrant a proper blog post, if only to document things for myself, but now I need a break (... since at least few hours if I'm being honest with myself.)</p><p>But there, I'm happy - now I need to update the spreadsheet and the real-world data below it :D</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AlphabeticalZ%C3%BCrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlphabeticalZürich</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protomaps</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/leaflet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leaflet</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a></p>
Daniel<p>Wonderful podcast episode with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bdon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bdon</span></a></span> of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@protomaps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>protomaps</span></a></span> fame 🤗</p><p>This conversation is awesome to get a better understanding of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maps</span></a>, the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> data, running an open source project, and how it all comes together in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Maplibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maplibre</span></a> 🗾</p><p><a href="https://www.softwaresessions.com/episodes/protomaps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">softwaresessions.com/episodes/</span><span class="invisible">protomaps/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mapstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapstodon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Geo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geo</span></a></p>
Bart Louwers<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tim_salabim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tim_salabim</span></a></span> I think <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a> is worth a mention whenever web mapping is mentioned <a href="https://protomaps.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">protomaps.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>It is a tile packaging format you can very cheaply host with a simple file server.</p>
protomaps<p>What are some good static storage APIs or CDNs for hosting .pmtiles in the EU? <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protomaps</span></a></p>
Moritz<p>Anyone know of a simple way to use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mapbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapbox</span></a> default styles with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a>?</p>
Sven Geggus<p>Hey <a href="https://karlsruhe-social.de/tags/Openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Openstreetmap</span></a> bubble. Was genau ist der Unterschied zwischen <a href="https://karlsruhe-social.de/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a> und <a href="https://karlsruhe-social.de/tags/Versatiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Versatiles</span></a>?</p>
protomaps<p>Just published a guide to Security and Privacy with <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protomaps</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://docs.protomaps.com/guide/security-privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.protomaps.com/guide/secur</span><span class="invisible">ity-privacy</span></a></p><p>* How to serve an entire map app from a single origin with a strict Content Security Policy<br>* eliminating third party data processors for GDPR compliance<br>* CORS and access control for object storage</p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@NGIZero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NGIZero</span></a></span> for supporting this!</p>
Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@joost_schouppe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joost_schouppe</span></a></span> I haven't done this so I don't know if it's the easiest, but maybe generating a vector tileset via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@protomaps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>protomaps</span></a></span> might just do the trick. <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protomaps</span></a></p>
Daniel<p>Everything You Wanted to Know About Vector Tiles (But Were Afraid to Ask) 🗾✨</p><p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/daniel-j-h/diary/404061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openstreetmap.org/user/daniel-</span><span class="invisible">j-h/diary/404061</span></a></p><p>I collected my thoughts on vector maps and vector tiles after having spent some time reading the mvt spec for the first time 🦧💡</p><p>Happy year of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> vector maps! 🎉</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mapstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapstodon</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Maplibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maplibre</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a></p>
Daniel<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> is sun-setting their Daylight Distribution in favor of putting their efforts behind <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OvertureMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OvertureMaps</span></a> 🗾</p><p><a href="https://daylightmap.org/2024/05/03/sunsetting-daylight.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daylightmap.org/2024/05/03/sun</span><span class="invisible">setting-daylight.html</span></a></p><p>It makes sense as Meta was a Overture Maps Foundation founding member, together with Amazon, Microsoft, and TomTom.</p><p>The Daylight land cover dataset was pretty solid for self-hosted maps with <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Maplibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maplibre</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a></p><p><a href="https://daylightmap.org/2023/10/11/landcover.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daylightmap.org/2023/10/11/lan</span><span class="invisible">dcover.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenStreetMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMaps</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maps</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mapstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapstodon</span></a></p>
scy<p>Hey <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> bubble: What are my options for self-hosting a minimalistic (forward) geocoder?</p><p>I'm using <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Protomaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protomaps</span></a> and I enjoy not having to run a big Postgres server and associated tooling to get a nice map, but now I'd like to allow my users to find the coordinates for addresses by searching in a simple text field.</p><p>Autocomplete would be nice.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Addok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Addok</span></a> <a href="https://addok.readthedocs.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">addok.readthedocs.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> seems to be an option, it only needs Redis (or even SQLite), but requires some data preparation.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/geocoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geocoding</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a></p>