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tiles

All-in-one vector tile server backend.

Project Status: Basic functionality works, performance (import and server) is good (also for the planetfile), fancy features are in active development.

Style Example

Features

  • All-in-one backend solution:
    • Standalone server for standard/background maps
    • Easily embeddable for application specific datasets
  • Serves vector tiles https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec (consumable with any compatible rendering library e.g. https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js)
  • Read OpenStreetMap geometry from standard .osm.pbf files
  • Read OpenStreetMap coastline data from shapfiles
  • Lua scripting for map profiles
  • Example mapboxgl-js styles

Executables / Entry Points:

  • tiles-import (src/import.cc) takes OpenStreetMap data and produces the database.
  • tiles-server (src/server.cc) takes the database and serves vector tiles (and the ui).
  • tiles-benchmark (src/benchmark.cc) measures performance (and builds single tiles for dev/debugging).
  • tiles-test (test) executes the tests.

Quickstart

On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git wget cmake ninja-build build-essential libboost1.71-all-dev

git clone [email protected]:sfahnens/tiles.git
cd tiles && mkdir build && cd build

cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
ninja tiles-import tiles-server

# download coastline data
wget https://osmdata.openstreetmap.de/download/land-polygons-complete-4326.zip

# download OpenStreetMap germany dataset
wget https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany-latest.osm.pbf

./tiles-import --osm_fname germany-latest.osm.pbf --coastlines_fname land-polygons-complete-4326.zip

./tiles-server

# Now, go to localhost:8888 in your browser.

License

MIT