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Thats to build the server, any you are basically building the data for hosting approximately Google Maps for the entire planet here so seems relatively small re
by quickthrower2 4y ago
Thats to build the server, any you are basically building the data for hosting approximately Google Maps for the entire planet here so seems relatively small really.
It’ll do it on what is basically a beefy dev machine. You can host a single city with less.
Also the requirements are for
build not hosting. And can be reduced by using ZFS. Apparently.
To use the map in the browser requires nothing special.
- okasaki 4y agoBut using it in a browser presumably downloads image tiles from the server. Osmand downloads vector data and renders it on the fly. It's both the "server" and the "client".
- mnutt 4y agoThe beefy server part is for taking the gigantic OSM world database and turning it into vector data that can be consumed by the client. I believe Osmand runs their own beefy servers to pregenerate vector data for download, though it’s also possible to use Osmand Map Creator to generate your own vector data on your desktop.