OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles

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2024-11-19 12:30:08

OpenStreetMap (OSM) has been hosting raster tiles of its dataset for much of its 20-year history. These maps have had their rules and styles defined ahead of their rendering and present the end user with static PNGs. Below is a screenshot of the area around the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

This allows for the end user to adjust the style and rendering rules as well as extract the underlying information within each of the tiles. Imagery should appear much sharper and switching the language of the labels should become possible.

The raster imagery OSM produced used larger iconography for points of interest (POI) but I suspect it is only a matter of time before the OSM community releases some spectacular and fine-tuned styles for the new vector tiles.

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