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Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by bambax on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @04:59AM (#25516121)
I tried to self-host tiles from OSM in 2013; it was possible but quite difficult indeed; how has it improved since then?
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Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by vetinari on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @05:39AM (#25516295)
Today, you would generate vector tiles (thus taking much less disk space) and you can style or re-style them after they are generated.
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Re:Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back by bambax on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @11:19AM (#25519153)
Oh, excellent, thank you. That's so much better indeed.
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