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A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

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Re: A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

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Post by leokennis »

Tomte wrote: post #2

> Existing formats like MBTiles are based on SQLite. This limits the ability to self-host maps to those confident running a server in production. Is that comical, or is there a deeper meaning I don't understand?

I read it as: existing solutions are too hard for simple people with less technical skill.

Re: A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

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Post by codetrotter »

Tomte wrote: post #2

> Existing formats like MBTiles are based on SQLite. This limits the ability to self-host maps to those confident running a server in production. Is that comical, or is there a deeper meaning I don't understand?

Probably what they mean is that they want to be able to host the maps as static files that are served to the web.

So that you can FTP some html, js, css, images and map data files to a web host and call it a day.

Re: A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

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Post by c0nsumer »

This is really interesting to me. I do a lot of mapping of natural surface single track trails (for hiking and mountain biking) along the way be sure to properly name things, add intersection markers, and create relations (routes and superroutes) to document the systems.

The biggest downside thus far is a good way of displaying the data. mtb.waymarkedtrails.org gets close, but I'd really like something that displays relations in the specified color, has sane intersection markers, etc.

I feel like there should be something out there which effectively lets me design a style sheet and then apply it to a map which I embed somewhere (maybe even in an app).

This... feels like it? Or if not this, can any of you recommend another system?

Ideally I'd love something I can self-host. I tried getting a copy of waymarkedtrails going and then modifying that, but it's a bit too specialized and I kept running into quirks getting the toolchain set up.

EDIT: Looks like this might not include the highway=path data that I need, much relations. Alas.

Re: A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

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Post by rakoo »

Tomte wrote: post #2

> Existing formats like MBTiles are based on SQLite. This limits the ability to self-host maps to those confident running a server in production. Is that comical, or is there a deeper meaning I don't understand?

AFAIU MBTiles still need some application server to transform x/y/z into proper tiles to be served, which means provisioning a server, scaling it, maintaning it, and all the fun that comes with it; PMTiles is a simple blob that the frontend will download (only desired parts) and render directly in the browser.

Re: A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

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Post by iandanforth »

Very interesting, I'm currently using Google My Maps as a dead-simple custom mapping tool. I'm using it to collect layers of information as I conduct a nationwide housing search. It would be great if there were a solution that was as simple to get started with as My Maps but also had the flexibility to easily add custom data layers programmatically.

Re: A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap

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Post by jMyles »

iandanforth wrote: post #9

Very interesting, I'm currently using Google My Maps as a dead-simple custom mapping tool. I'm using it to collect layers of information as I conduct a nationwide housing search. It would be great if there were a solution that was as simple to get started with as My Maps but also had the flexibility to easily add custom data layers programmatically.

Curious about your tool chain for real estate metadata. Is there a way to get a more retail-like experience and not have to deal so much with agents?
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