Maps
Map formats
Viewers
- mbview-rs No installable binary for download, no Arch package
- maptiler Proprietary, sign-up before download
- mapbox/mbview Stale, last commit 2021
- MapLibre GL JS TypeScript library that uses WebGL to render interactive maps from vector tiles in a browser
- martin By the co-founder of MapLibre
Versatiles
Download map tiles
- download.versatiles.org Only hosts whole planet files
- Public versatiles bucket also hosts Europe, Germany, BBW etc.:
gcloud storage ls gs://versatiles/ - Partial download
Example partial download (downloads only a small part of Hamburg):
versatiles convert --bbox-border 3 \
--bbox "53.56308,9.93112,53.54667,9.96193" \
https://download.versatiles.org/planet-latest.versatiles ~/projects/versatiles/data/altona-$(date +"%F").versatiles
Install
eget versatiles-org/versatiles-rs
Usage
mkdir ~/projects/versatiles
cd ~/projects/versatiles
git clone https://github.com/versatiles-org/versatiles-frontend
cd versatiles-frontend
npm install
npm run dist
versatiles server -s ~/projects/versatiles/versatiles-frontend/dist/frontend.br.tar ~/projects/versatiles/data/germany-20230226.versatiles
Issues
- When using a smaller map section you need to find the region to zoom in, see Show bbox and min/max zoom level in preview Solution: Add the bbox coordinated and zoom factor to the URL, i.e. for