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Show HN: Simple Mbtiles Server – Self-host the entire planet of OpenStreetMaps

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Re: Show HN: Simple Mbtiles Server – Self-host the entire planet of OpenStreetMaps

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Post by Aachen »

archerx wrote: post #2

I wish the readme explained what this project actually was instead of the incredibly vague and unhelpful "self host the entire planet".

Anyone looking for this will already be in map/OpenStreetMap context. That people originating from StumbleUpon or a niche little place called ycombinator news are confused is not too surprising tbh: that very likely wasn't the audience they had in mind

Re: Show HN: Simple Mbtiles Server – Self-host the entire planet of OpenStreetMaps

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Post by Aachen »

sbarre wrote: post #12

Same feedback as everyone else: You fell into the trap of assuming that everyone else understands this topic/project/thing that you're deeply familiar with because you've been living it for so long. Not everyone knows what "OSM" is. Even a 2-3 sentence paragraph in your TL;DR that explains (a) what this is and (b) why people should care or want this, would be immensely helpful.

> Not everyone knows what "OSM" is.

Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/1053/

Re: Show HN: Simple Mbtiles Server – Self-host the entire planet of OpenStreetMaps

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Post by EGreg »

archerx wrote: post #2

I wish the readme explained what this project actually was instead of the incredibly vague and unhelpful "self host the entire planet".

That’s true, I was super confused what “self-host” entailed. They should go into detail explaining that. Leaflet?

Because I understood about “the whole planet” in the context of OSM.

Re: Show HN: Simple Mbtiles Server – Self-host the entire planet of OpenStreetMaps

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Post by input_sh »

Aachen wrote: post #21
archerx wrote: post #2

I wish the readme explained what this project actually was instead of the incredibly vague and unhelpful "self host the entire planet".

Anyone looking for this will already be in map/OpenStreetMap context. That people originating from StumbleUpon or a niche little place called ycombinator news are confused is not too surprising tbh: that very likely wasn't the audience they had in mind

Considering the title starts with "Show HN" and that the HN username is very closely tied to the GitHub username, I'm gonna go out on a limb here by saying HN is indeed the target audience.

Re: Show HN: Simple Mbtiles Server – Self-host the entire planet of OpenStreetMaps

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Post by kh_hk »

While useful, this still uses a server to process tile requests. Why not https://github.com/protomaps/PMTiles ?

For the record, I am currently using maptiler over at https://citybik.es to serve tiles, and I am evaluating moving to serving static pmtiles on range requests to cut the middle man

Re: Show HN: Simple Mbtiles Server – Self-host the entire planet of OpenStreetMaps

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Post by tuxone »

mosselman wrote: post #20

So I assume if I run this I can aim something like leaflet at it for the map tiles? Any information you have on how production-ready this is would be nice. Things such as performance, stability, max expected clients with a small vps or something.

Some things you may want to consider when hosting map tiles in production:

- load balancing and caching. Some tiles are much more popular than others.

- how will you update the tiles (sync from OSM).

- if required, how will you manage customizations (and merges with OSM).

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