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Re:MapSCII – Braille and ASCII map renderer for the console by scandox on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:26PM (#14257278)
Brilliant project. Congratulations.

What is the original source of the Tile Data? I'm totally ignorant on these topics and even after a pretty close look I can't see who provides the actual geographical data. Is this something that can be sourced from OpenStreetMap or something like that?

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Re:MapSCII – Braille and ASCII map renderer for the console by rastapasta on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @12:28PM (#14257299)
It currently uses the Planet file of http://osm2vectortiles.com, but will be ported to its successor https://openmaptiles.org soon. Both projects -> pure awesomeness!

Thanks for the kudos ;)

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Re:MapSCII – Braille and ASCII map renderer for the console by Piskvorrr on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:00PM (#14259468)
Says on disconnect: "map data © OpenStreetMap contributors" :)
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Re:MapSCII – Braille and ASCII map renderer for the console by scandox on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @05:15PM (#14260171)
Yeah I don't know why but I just didn't see it referenced initially even though it clearly is.
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