Vector tiles: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:52, 29 August 2018

ESRI is getting on the bandwagon now. (as of 2015) Read about it here: https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2015/07/20/vector-tiles-preview/

They mention using Mapbox

Generate tiles
Serve tiles
Browser options:
- mapbox-gl.js, see https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js
- Openlayers 5 appears to not work.
- OpenLayers 5 + Mapbox = works.
- Leaflet

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 http://mapbox.com
-The Mapbox code that renders the tiles in a browser is mapbox-gl.js, see https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js
+== Vector Tile Stacks ==
+=== The obvious one ===
+* ESRI ArcGis Pro - generate tiles
+* ESRI ArcGis Enterprise - serve tiles
+* ESRI ArcGIS API for Javascript - browser support
+=== The open source tools ===
+* Generate tiles
+* Serve tiles
+* Browser options:
+** mapbox-gl.js, see https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js
+** [https://openlayers.org/en/latest/examples/osm-vector-tiles.html Openlayers 5] appears to not work.
+** [https://openlayers.org/en/latest/examples/mapbox-vector-tiles.html OpenLayers 5] + Mapbox = works.
+** [http://leafletjs.com Leaflet]
+==== Vector base maps ====
+* https://openmaptiles.org/
+* http://mapbox.com
+* https://www.mapcat.com/
+* https://thunderforest.com/
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