QGIS is the mapping software you didn't know you needed

Re:QGIS is the mapping software you didn't know you needed by jakear on Saturday February 11, 2023 @03:59AM (#34750735)

Is there a better option for raw base tilesets? When making my app mapping world tides (https://solunar.pages.dev) I tried OSM for instance but it only had raster tiles at LoDPI resolutions available. ESRI on the other hand had full vector support in a variety of formats^ and provided great docs for integrating with FOSS rendering toolkits. The free tier seems generous, though once it runs out the price increases sharply.

^ For instance, a really neat one that renders ocean features in as much detail as the land typically gets

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Re:QGIS is the mapping software you didn't know you needed by dinkumthinkum on Saturday February 11, 2023 @11:01AM (#34753483)

Well, the main other player here is Mapbox.

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Re:QGIS is the mapping software you didn't know you needed by jakear on Saturday February 11, 2023 @11:37AM (#34753805)

Mapbox's free tier is an order of magnitude less permissive. They even charge for loading their JavaScript: $5 per kiloload! Feels like the best approach if I'm not trying to commercialize is just to encourage people to self-host using their own API key.

Assuming the service ever even gets to 2M tile requests/month. That alone would be quite the accomplishment.

Though with Gaia going to hell, something new needs to come along.

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Re:QGIS is the mapping software you didn't know you needed by kabes on Saturday February 11, 2023 @12:46PM (#34754460)

Load osm data in postgres and generate the tiles yourself with something like geoserver/mapserver

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Re:QGIS is the mapping software you didn't know you needed by dagw on Saturday February 11, 2023 @01:12PM (#34754692)

The cost and effort of deploying something like that in production is decidedly non-trivial. I know because I've done it. Unless you need the customization and flexibility such a solution offers, it's rarely worth it.

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Re:QGIS is the mapping software you didn't know you needed by samstave on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:32PM (#34764787)

If there is one thing I want AI to accomplish ;;

Have an AI crawl a RASTER dataset and VECTORIZE all lines into SVG.

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