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Oh but that default style for Shortbread is so ugly! No contrast, missing details and lots of information lost. Hopefully it's vector tiles and information are there (I checked in Maputik) so it's possible to create my own style (which I will definitely try).
Oh but that default style for Shortbread is so ugly! No contrast, missing details and lots of information lost. Hopefully it's vector tiles and information are there (I checked in Maputik) so it's possible to create my own style (which I will definitely try).
There is also the MapTiler OMT style for OpenMapTiles, which uses Vector Tiles. It is a close copy of the Standard OSM map style. It appeared at the same time as Shortbread on the osm.org website.
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Hmm I tried the shortbread layer and while it looks nice it still pixelates when zooming in until it loads the new zoom level
I guess you're right. I see the same on my desktop Firefox on Linux. But on my Android phone it's pretty smooth.
Edit: It also weirdly doesn't work on Chrome on Linux for me either, only Chrome on android. Oh well, hopefully they can bring support everywhere eventually.
Oh but that default style for Shortbread is so ugly! No contrast, missing details and lots of information lost. Hopefully it's vector tiles and information are there (I checked in Maputik) so it's possible to create my own style (which I will definitely try).
There is also the MapTiler OMT style for OpenMapTiles, which uses Vector Tiles. It is a close copy of the Standard OSM map style. It appeared at the same time as Shortbread on the osm.org website.
Oh but that default style for Shortbread is so ugly! No contrast, missing details and lots of information lost. Hopefully it's vector tiles and information are there (I checked in Maputik) so it's possible to create my own style (which I will definitely try).
Many important details are not visible anymore: - gates on private pathways - shop names
Personally I'm quite happy that these tiles cut down on the clutter in the original OSM tiles. It made it very hard for me to actually use them for navigation because there was just so much stuff everywhere. For example the old tiles displayed rail tracks extremely prominently, which just aren't relevant 99% of the time even when traveling by train. In the vector tiles they're much more muted and thinner.
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More like OSM Database -> PNGs -> PNG Decoder in browser-> Your screen vs OSM Database -> Vector Tiles -> MaplibreGL.js -> WebGL -> Your Screen
Could you please comment on any security implications of executing community-generated vector tile content, compared to classic PNG decoding?
Does't really matter because both png or webgl are available to any website at anytime.
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There is also the MapTiler OMT style for OpenMapTiles, which uses Vector Tiles. It is a close copy of the Standard OSM map style. It appeared at the same time as Shortbread on the osm.org website.
I agree, it's super close to the classical OSM style, but some things are missing, e.g. roads that are currently planned or in the building phase.
Many important details are not visible anymore: - gates on private pathways - shop names
The choices are tough, also in details: Which shops to show in busy areas at which zoom level? But mind: openstreetmap.org is ment as a developer site, for developers to see their changes quickly. The official idea is that other people should take the data and do "nice" things elsewhere. But of course reality is that users want to use openstreetmap.org as alternative to Google maps ...