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I'd be interested to understand how this compares with a solution like openfreemap's (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41635592 https://news.ycombinator.com
by thybag 2y ago
I'd be interested to understand how this compares with a solution like openfreemap's (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41635592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41635592) which was posted a few weeks ago.
What is it that sets this apart from other similar solutions?
- mhuffman 2y agoThere really seems to be a lot of movement in the map space these days!
- moooo99 2y agoFunctionally they are rather similar in what they're aiming for. Architecturally there are some differences. OpenFreeMap uses the MapTiles format [1] which is an open source format for vector tiles that does require the attribution of the OpenMapTiles page for every map generated from it (CC-BY license). Versatiles uses the Shortbread format instead [2] which is published under a CC0 license. Instead of the SQLite based mbtiles format they developed their own container format (and a converter). I've only started tinkering with this project a little bit cause I found it interesting after watching a CCC talk with it [3] [1] https://openmaptiles.org/ https://openmaptiles.org/ [2] https://shortbread-tiles.org/ https://shortbread-tiles.org/ [3] German: https://youtu.be/8A51WkJ5S8I https://youtu.be/8A51WkJ5S8I