Tool
Protomaps
PMTiles single-file world map for cheap self-hosting
About
If you know how to use S3 , you know how to publish earth-scale, interactive maps.
Protomaps enables frontend developers to easily "self-host" maps - it's just a file, no server setup required. It makes serving vector map tiles simple and affordable by using HTTP range requests.
PMTiles is a specification for Hilbert-ordered tile pyramid archives, for any geospatial data - rasters, vector basemaps and custom layers.
Protomaps maintains a basemap tileset built from OpenStreetMap and other open data sources. It's the easiest way to adopt OSM for interactive web maps.
Features
- Documentation
- Account Dashboard
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Pricing detail
- Free tools; optional cloud
- Platforms
- Web / Static hosting
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