Re:Self Hosting a Google Maps Alternative with OpenStreetMap
by MayeulC on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:39PM
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https://maps.qwant.com uses vector tiles, altough polygon simplification at lower zoom levels could be improved.
Their stack is open sorce, described there: https://github.com/Qwant/qwantmaps#tile-server
There are a couple great public raster services like osm.org's default style and http://maps.stamen.com. These are 100% free to use, so they get used everywhere, but incur significant expense to the organizations running (paying) for them.
There aren't equivalent solutions in vector-land yet... I wrote a bit about this previously: https://protomaps.com/blog/free-tier-maps