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Jakob Miksch<p>Does anyone know what the state of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vectortiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vectortiles</span></a> for <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">openstreetmap.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a></p>
Spatialists<p>Serving vector tiles, fast: Want to serve <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/VectorTiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VectorTiles</span></a> to your users? Fabian Rechsteiner’s benchmark pits six open-source servers (<a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/BBOX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBOX</span></a>, <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/ldproxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ldproxy</span></a>, <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Martin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Martin</span></a>, <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/pg_tileserv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pg_tileserv</span></a>, <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Tegola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tegola</span></a>, <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/TiPg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TiPg</span></a>) against each other, revealing stark speed differences. <br><a href="https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-05-serving-vector-tiles-fast/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-0</span><span class="invisible">5-serving-vector-tiles-fast/</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>
Spatialists<p>If you create, or are curious about, <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/VectorTiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VectorTiles</span></a>, you may have come across the command line utility <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/Tippecanoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tippecanoe</span></a> (TIP-ə-kə-NOO). It’s probably no secret that its usage is not entirely trivial, but there is a helpful tool for this now. <a href="https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-04-tool-tip-tippecanoe-command-generator/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-0</span><span class="invisible">4-tool-tip-tippecanoe-command-generator/</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>
OpenHistoricalMap<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rub21" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rub21</span></a></span> has a more detailed technical rundown of the changes that make the tiles more efficient:</p><p><a href="https://www.openhistoricalmap.org/user/Rub21/diary/39" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openhistoricalmap.org/user/Rub</span><span class="invisible">21/diary/39</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performance</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/VectorTiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VectorTiles</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/PostGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostGIS</span></a></p>
OpenHistoricalMap<p>Despite all the mega boundary mapping lately, our map just got a lot leaner and faster. Map tiles have shrunk by as much as 96% compared to last year! <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/MicDrop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicDrop</span></a></p><p>Also in this month’s update, some nice tweaks and additions to the main style and a proper sendoff to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@run_for_funner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>run_for_funner</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://forum.openhistoricalmap.org/t/better-performance-less-clutter-and-the-end-of-an-era/426" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.openhistoricalmap.org/t/</span><span class="invisible">better-performance-less-clutter-and-the-end-of-an-era/426</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performance</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/VectorTiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VectorTiles</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/OpenHistoricalMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenHistoricalMap</span></a></p>
FOSS Academy<p>Kommen Sie zu uns nach Berlin!</p><p>Im April 2025 laden wir Sie zur 2-tägigen Schulung der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@foss_academy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foss_academy</span></a></span> zum Thema </p><p>Einführung in Vector Tiles 🚀 </p><p>nach Berlin ein.</p><p>👉 15.-16. April 2025</p><p>Erzeugen Sie <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VectorTiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VectorTiles</span></a> mit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QGIS</span></a> &amp; der t-rex. Lernen Sie dazu noch <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MapLibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MapLibre</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maputnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maputnik</span></a> &amp; @MapComponents kennen.</p><p><a href="https://foss-academy.com/schulungen/einfuehrung-in-vector-tiles/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foss-academy.com/schulungen/ei</span><span class="invisible">nfuehrung-in-vector-tiles/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSGIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebGIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GEOSPATIAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEOSPATIAL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSGeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSGeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> @WhereGroup_com <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a></p>
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