Vector Tiles #2132
Description
2D maps like Google, Apple, MapBox GL, and OL3 are moving to actual vectors for rendering vector data, instead of baking vector data into a raster tile. This allows, for example, to make labels always face up even if south is up and to fade out labels so they never hit each other.
For now, this roadmap is a collection of resources on this topic.
- Google Maps + WebGL = MapsGL
- Vector tiles for fast custom maps (video)
- Videos from FOSS4G
- Mapbox Vector Tile Specification
- blog post
- tools: vector-tile-js and mapnik-vector-tile
- Client-side: pbf.js to decode tiles (protocol buffers).
- geojson-vt
- MMT-Vector-Tiles