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If you can find the time to set it up, OpenMapTiles [0] is the way to go. In the long run, you’ll probably save more money than the time it takes to manage. [0

If you can find the time to set it up, OpenMapTiles [0] is the way to go. In the long run, you’ll probably save more money than the time it takes to manage. [0] https://openmaptiles.org/ https://openmaptiles.org/

atombender 7y ago
Interesting, thanks. Unfortunately, those tiles are pretty ugly compared to Mapbox, but it might be an option if I can't find anything else. Edit: Also it's $1,000 for commercial use, even to use with OSM data?
- TomMarius 7y ago
  Could you send an example of a great looking map?
  - atombender 7y ago
    Mapbox's tiles are very good. I particularly like the hybrid terrain + road mode, which you can see here: https://homes.stltoday.com/search https://homes.stltoday.com/search
    - kylebarron 7y ago
      I agree that layer is gorgeous. I think the best open vector map style is OSM liberty [0]. My fork, which includes my generated hillshade and contours, is here [1]. [0]: https://github.com/maputnik/osm-liberty https://github.com/maputnik/osm-liberty [1]: https://github.com/nst-guide/osm-liberty/blob/gh-pages/style.json https://github.com/nst-guide/osm-liberty/blob/gh-pages/style...
- bransonf 7y ago
  You can style the tiles or use your own. Where did you find the $1000 quote? I know you can have them hosted unlimited for $245/month but I was fairly sure it was free for self-hosted use.
  - atombender 7y ago
    It's a little unclear to me. But from what I can gather, the basic software can download data from OSM, but if you want hillshading or satellite, you have to get that separately, and it's part of the $1,000 "production package" [1], which is actually $2,048 for businesses, plus $1,024/year for updates. [1] https://openmaptiles.com/production-package/ https://openmaptiles.com/production-package/
    - kylebarron 7y ago
      I have a couple open source repos for generating hillshade and contours (raster and vector, respectively) that I use with my self hosted tiles at nst.guide. The data sources I'm using are US only, though SRTM is a common choice for international Digital Elevation Models. [0]: https://github.com/nst-guide/hillshade https://github.com/nst-guide/hillshade [1]: https://github.com/nst-guide/contours https://github.com/nst-guide/contours
      - atombender 7y ago
        Awesome, thanks!
  - atombender 7y ago
    Update: So if you run the server locally and select maps, you're presented with this screen, saying you need a key from openmaptiles.com: https://i.imgur.com/NTb5zIL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NTb5zIL.jpg. If you select "commercial product or company web", you're asked to pay for it: https://i.imgur.com/TrAmju4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TrAmju4.jpg If you select any of the non-commercial ones, the newest map data you get is from 2017 (!). I'm not against paying, but it's not free!
    - vetinari 7y ago
      The point is to generate your own; the purchasing option is if you don't want to generate your own, but want something done for you and packaged. See here: https://openmaptiles.org/docs/generate/generate-openmaptiles/ https://openmaptiles.org/docs/generate/generate-openmaptiles...
- dwnoble 7y ago
  It's only $20/mo for their commercial cloud offering: https://www.maptiler.com/cloud/plans/ https://www.maptiler.com/cloud/plans/
  - atombender 7y ago
    Only if you're below 500k raster tile downloads per month. The app I need this for is at 5.5m/mo, so it'd be a little more than $245/mo. Still better than Mapbox, though.

atombender 7y ago

Interesting, thanks. Unfortunately, those tiles are pretty ugly compared to Mapbox, but it might be an option if I can't find anything else. Edit: Also it's $1,000 for commercial use, even to use with OSM data?

TomMarius 7y ago
Could you send an example of a great looking map?
- atombender 7y ago
  Mapbox's tiles are very good. I particularly like the hybrid terrain + road mode, which you can see here: https://homes.stltoday.com/search https://homes.stltoday.com/search
  - kylebarron 7y ago
    I agree that layer is gorgeous. I think the best open vector map style is OSM liberty [0]. My fork, which includes my generated hillshade and contours, is here [1]. [0]: https://github.com/maputnik/osm-liberty https://github.com/maputnik/osm-liberty [1]: https://github.com/nst-guide/osm-liberty/blob/gh-pages/style.json https://github.com/nst-guide/osm-liberty/blob/gh-pages/style...
bransonf 7y ago
You can style the tiles or use your own. Where did you find the $1000 quote? I know you can have them hosted unlimited for $245/month but I was fairly sure it was free for self-hosted use.
- atombender 7y ago
  It's a little unclear to me. But from what I can gather, the basic software can download data from OSM, but if you want hillshading or satellite, you have to get that separately, and it's part of the $1,000 "production package" [1], which is actually $2,048 for businesses, plus $1,024/year for updates. [1] https://openmaptiles.com/production-package/ https://openmaptiles.com/production-package/
  - kylebarron 7y ago
    I have a couple open source repos for generating hillshade and contours (raster and vector, respectively) that I use with my self hosted tiles at nst.guide. The data sources I'm using are US only, though SRTM is a common choice for international Digital Elevation Models. [0]: https://github.com/nst-guide/hillshade https://github.com/nst-guide/hillshade [1]: https://github.com/nst-guide/contours https://github.com/nst-guide/contours
    - atombender 7y ago
      Awesome, thanks!
- atombender 7y ago
  Update: So if you run the server locally and select maps, you're presented with this screen, saying you need a key from openmaptiles.com: https://i.imgur.com/NTb5zIL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NTb5zIL.jpg. If you select "commercial product or company web", you're asked to pay for it: https://i.imgur.com/TrAmju4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TrAmju4.jpg If you select any of the non-commercial ones, the newest map data you get is from 2017 (!). I'm not against paying, but it's not free!
  - vetinari 7y ago
    The point is to generate your own; the purchasing option is if you don't want to generate your own, but want something done for you and packaged. See here: https://openmaptiles.org/docs/generate/generate-openmaptiles/ https://openmaptiles.org/docs/generate/generate-openmaptiles...
dwnoble 7y ago
It's only $20/mo for their commercial cloud offering: https://www.maptiler.com/cloud/plans/ https://www.maptiler.com/cloud/plans/
- atombender 7y ago
  Only if you're below 500k raster tile downloads per month. The app I need this for is at 5.5m/mo, so it'd be a little more than $245/mo. Still better than Mapbox, though.