openstreetmap-tile-server VS vtm

Compare openstreetmap-tile-server vs vtm and see what are their differences.

openstreetmap-tile-server

Docker file for a minimal effort OpenStreetMap tile server (by Overv)

vtm

OpenGL vector map library - running on Android, iOS, Desktop and browser. (by mapsforge)
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openstreetmap-tile-server vtm
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1.3 7.8
5 days ago about 1 month ago
Shell Java
Apache License 2.0 GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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openstreetmap-tile-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of openstreetmap-tile-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-22.
  • Converting PNG tiles to .pbf for self hosting
    1 project | /r/gis | 11 Jun 2023
    Hi fellow redditors! I have a custom tilemap that I wanted to self host and I conveniently found a good premade Docker solution (https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server) that would allow me to achieve the task quite easily if not for a minor inconvenience: i need to provide the map as .osm.pbf rather than as an ZXY folder tree.
  • Self Hosting a Google Maps Alternative with OpenStreetMap
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2022
    Author here: the docker project for the tile server allows setting up automatic syncing fairly easily:

    https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server#enabling-...

    I'm not sure about Nominatim or Valhalla's ability to auto-sync the latest changes, at least with the dockerized version, but it may be possible.

  • Maps.earth – free and open-source web maps
    16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Aug 2022
    We're in the same boat using Mapbox, we've been debating leaving for the OpenStreetMaps container since we only use them for static images and map display. https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server

    Our bill last year was $80k and honestly its right on the cusp of being worth the effort to switch.

  • Is there any way to view the map as it was a year ago?
    1 project | /r/openstreetmap | 11 Jul 2022
    It's kinda difficult but I have had success running https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server and postgresql in docker to generate standard-style tiles from a planet (.pbf) file that you can download from geofabrik.
  • Show HN: Self-Hosted Maps Stack
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 May 2022
    My friend Alexander created an easy docker file[1] for an OSM tile server. I use it for nearly two years without problems.

    [1] https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server

  • Applying styles on tail server
    2 projects | /r/openstreetmap | 24 May 2022
    I found this project on Github https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server .
  • Setting up OpenStreetMap tiler server
    1 project | /r/openstreetmap | 21 May 2022
  • Offline Map Tiles
    3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 3 Jul 2021
    Finally: https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server I haven't tried this one before, but it seems kind of cool, and seems to be what you're looking for?
  • [OC] Interactive Heatmap of Traffic Accidents Reported by the Missouri State Highway Patrol
    3 projects | /r/dataisbeautiful | 24 Jun 2021
    I don't need to serve the whole country, but it's nice to have a little more than just Missouri, so I was pleased to find Protomaps. There are several other extract repositories, but this was the only one I found that let me define and export a custom region. For the actual generation and rendering of the tiles, it seemed easiest to use this existing docker project.
  • [JOB] Help with custom styling of tile server (CartoCSS)
    1 project | /r/openstreetmap | 6 Mar 2021
    Hi, I'm struggling to use OSM self-hosted tile server for my project with custom style. I started to use Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server as a starting point to customize and create my own Dockerfile but I cannot set it up Positron (or something different dark/grayish as a starting point) as a renderer style. There are many styling standards, different file types, and no visual editor that can export the required file for CartoCSS, and to add them to Dockerfile.

vtm

Posts with mentions or reviews of vtm. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-31.
  • Wahoo equivalent of Garmin Connect, Lezyne GPS Root or Hammerhead Dashboard?
    4 projects | /r/wahoofitness | 31 May 2022
    You are correct, Valhalla is used for routing. Maps are rendered on the ELEMNT, BOLT and ROAM with mapsforge, BOLT2 with vtm. To look at map files there is cruiser cruiser (mapsforge) and cruiser-gl (vtm). Create updated maps with wahooMapsCreator. There is also some documentation how to add POI's or make a custom theme.
  • Why Openstreetmap as a product fails to compete with Google Maps – part 1/3
    11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jan 2021
    for an example. It's perfectly smooth. The application is closed source but the underlying renderer (VTM) is LGPL3. The renderer, https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm, is basically an OpenGL alternative for the mapsforge offline maps format and maintained by the same guy (the original mapsforge renderer is arguably a bit slow, struggling to hide its slowness behind cached tile bitmaps).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing openstreetmap-tile-server and vtm you can also consider the following projects:

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

Mapsforge - Vector map library and writer - running on Android and Desktop.

TileServer GL - Vector and raster maps with GL styles. Server side rendering by MapLibre GL Native. Map tile server for MapLibre GL JS, Android, iOS, Leaflet, OpenLayers, GIS via WMTS, etc.

openrouteservice - 🌍 The open source route planner api with plenty of features.

osmscout-server - Maps server providing tiles, geocoder, and router

headway - Self-hostable maps stack, powered by OpenStreetMap.

osmand_map_creation - OSM data + open address data compiled for use in OSMAnd

Openstreetmap - The Rails application that powers OpenStreetMap

mapsplit - A fast way to split OSM data in to a portable tiled format

tilemaker - Make OpenStreetMap vector tiles without the stack

map2mc - Tool to generate a complete minecraft world out of a bitmap image (a map for example)