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OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles

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479 points marklit | 9 comments | 19 Nov 24 12:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.623s | source | bottom
1. tetris11 ◴[19 Nov 24 14:02 UTC] No.42183519[source]▶
(Low effort comment) I wonder if this means OSMAnd and OrganicMaps will now finally team up to deliver the ultimate FOSS Map app
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2. fsflover ◴[19 Nov 24 14:13 UTC] No.42183630[source]▶
There is Organic Maps already.
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3. sriacha ◴[19 Nov 24 14:40 UTC] No.42183919[source]▶
How so?
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4. worble ◴[19 Nov 24 14:53 UTC] No.42184055[source]▶
At the very least I hope it means they can share map tiles between them so I don't have to use gigabytes of space on the same map
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5. tetris11 ◴[19 Nov 24 15:39 UTC] No.42184670[source]▶
The fantastic offline routing and metrics of OSMAnd placed into a lightweight and snappy OrganicMaps interface would be a huge win for me.
6. szszrk ◴[19 Nov 24 15:40 UTC] No.42184680[source]▶
And it works really well. The smooth zoom in is amazing.
7. sp8962 ◴[19 Nov 24 15:42 UTC] No.42184708[source]▶
Both apps mainly use downloaded/"offline" preprocessed map data in their own formats.

MVT format vector tiles are not remotely suitable for navigation or search (not ruling out that something could be hobbled together, but it would be a bit of a stretch).

8. PrismCrystal ◴[19 Nov 24 19:28 UTC] No.42187153[source]▶
There can be no one ultimate map app because use cases differ. For example, OSMAnd has many power-user features that are very useful for people who also contribute to OSM, but would only clutter the interface of an app for normies.
9. sp8962 ◴[19 Nov 24 20:42 UTC] No.42187875[source]▶
No it doesn't.