Vector tiles

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

http://mapbox.com

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
  • Openlayers 5 appears to not work.
  • OpenLayers 5 + Mapbox = works.
  • Leaflet

Vector base maps

• https://openmaptiles.org/
• http://mapbox.com
• https://www.mapcat.com/
• https://thunderforest.com/