openstreetmap-carto vs tiles-to-tiff

openstreetmap-carto

A general-purpose OpenStreetMap mapnik style, in CartoCSS (by gravitystorm)

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tiles-to-tiff

Python script for converting XYZ raster tiles for slippy maps to a georeferenced TIFF image (by jimutt)

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openstreetmap-carto		tiles-to-tiff
	Project
34	Mentions	1
1,487	Stars	129
-	Growth	-
6.2	Activity	4.3
10 days ago	Latest Commit	10 months ago
CartoCSS	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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openstreetmap-carto

Posts with mentions or reviews of openstreetmap-carto. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-20.

The current state of map design in OpenStreetMap
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Apr 2024

I wouldn't compare osm-website and osm-carto at all. The commit logs are very different.
openstreetmap-website: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/commi... . Numerous commits most days.
openstreetmap-carto: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/commits . So far in 2024; one small regression fixed, one niche bit of tagging added to an existing style, some largely pointless code style tidying. That's it.
Pittsburgh busways
2 projects | /r/openstreetmap | 3 Jul 2023

There are even two separate PRs to fix it that are pretty much ready to merge https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/4456 https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/4714
Btreefs generates executable code at runtime to unpack btree nodes
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jun 2023
Tell us about how you communicate within OSM
2 projects | /r/openstreetmap | 30 Apr 2023

Looks like sense prevailed the following year. https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1654
Tagging a named natural basin or cirque
1 project | /r/openstreetmap | 1 Feb 2023

Of course, natural=valley itself is widely used. I got curious why it isn't rendered on OSM Carto but place=locality is and stumbled on some interesting discussions on the issue tracker (1 and 2). The takeaway seems to be to avoid place=locality in favour of more specific tags.
Fairmount Park Philadelphia landcover improvement
1 project | /r/openstreetmap | 3 Nov 2022
certain map data wont show in export
2 projects | /r/openstreetmap | 24 Oct 2022
Is it possible to send area to the backward.
2 projects | /r/openstreetmap | 3 Sep 2022

It is strange to me that the pedestrian area gets rendered above the building... would you like to create a topic about this at community.openstreetmap.org ? I think this should be handled differently. I guess the next instance then would be to open an issue at https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto (probably but I'm not 100% sure) or maybe here https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations
Why does coasters still not get rendered in OSM? Race tracks, water slides etc. get also rendered, so why not coasters as well.
2 projects | /r/openstreetmap | 19 Aug 2022

I think the best bet then is to see if there's anything to contribute to the conversation at https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/3596 or whether a PR would be welcome.
OpenGeoFiction: The ultimate imaginary map
2 projects | /r/imaginarymaps | 9 Jul 2022

Yes, it is the same style! In addition to info from /u/epicbirble, the style is called carto. It looks like Floodmap is using the OpenStreetMap standard layer, rendered using carto style, as its basemap.

tiles-to-tiff

Posts with mentions or reviews of tiles-to-tiff. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-01.

I'd like a single hi-res image of the OSM map, in the default OSM style, for my island. Is there a simple way to create one?
3 projects | /r/openstreetmap | 1 Jun 2022

I've used tiles to tiff before, but I've just noticed it's broken with OSM tiles, so I opened a PR.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing openstreetmap-carto and tiles-to-tiff you can also consider the following projects:

osm-bright - A Carto template for OpenStreetMap data

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

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

osm-bright-gl-style - OSM Bright GL Style using OpenMapTiles

pg_tileserv - A very thin PostGIS-only tile server in Go. Takes in HTTP tile requests, executes SQL, returns MVT tiles.

kosmtik - Make maps with OpenStreetMap and Mapnik

openpilot - openpilot is an open source driver assistance system. openpilot performs the functions of Automated Lane Centering and Adaptive Cruise Control for 250+ supported car makes and models.

mapbox-gl-leaflet - binding from Mapbox GL JS to the Leaflet API

Openstreetmap - The Rails application that powers OpenStreetMap

josm - !!!Mirror!!! of JOSM Subversion repository

openstreetmap-vecto - General purpose vector tiles and vector style based on OpenStreetMap.