mapbox-gl-js VS ol-mapbox-style

Compare mapbox-gl-js vs ol-mapbox-style and see what are their differences.

mapbox-gl-js

Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in the browser, powered by vector tiles and WebGL (by mapbox)

ol-mapbox-style

Use Mapbox Style objects with OpenLayers (by openlayers)
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mapbox-gl-js ol-mapbox-style
13 1
10,712 323
0.9% 0.9%
9.8 9.1
3 days ago 9 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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mapbox-gl-js

Posts with mentions or reviews of mapbox-gl-js. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-22.

ol-mapbox-style

Posts with mentions or reviews of ol-mapbox-style. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-02.
  • MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Apr 2021
    I've tried very recently with Openlayers and their OL-Mapbox style package[0] - it wasn't too bad TBH, but not great.

    Maplibre is still very nascent and needs a lot of work until it is ready to be used in anger. I do wonder if it would be better to put effort into Openlayers rather than trying to maintain this library - as others have pointed out, OL provides so much more.

    [0]: https://github.com/openlayers/ol-mapbox-style

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mapbox-gl-js and ol-mapbox-style you can also consider the following projects:

maplibre-gl-js - MapLibre GL JS - Interactive vector tile maps in WebGL2

cesium - An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas: [Moved to: https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium]

Cesium - An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas:

h3 - Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing system

maplibre-native - MapLibre Native - Interactive vector tile maps for iOS, Android and other platforms.

ffprobe-wasm - A Web-based FFProbe. Powered by FFmpeg, Vue and Web Assembly!

martin - Blazing fast and lightweight PostGIS, MBtiles and PMtiles tile server, tile generation, and mbtiles tooling.

tangram - WebGL map rendering engine for creative cartography

electron-browser-shell - A minimal, tabbed web browser with support for Chrome extensions—built on Electron.

OpenLayers3 - OpenLayers