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OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles

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479 points marklit | 2 comments | 19 Nov 24 12:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.477s | source
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DemocracyFTW2 ◴[19 Nov 24 12:44 UTC] No.42182817[source]▶
One clear advantage of the new SVG format is, apparently, that Arabic script is now, finally!, rendered the way it was always intended—left-to-right with unconnected letters /s
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1. rob74 ◴[19 Nov 24 14:03 UTC] No.42183525[source]▶
So while showcasing the brand-new vector tiles, they accidentally also showcased a pretty significant bug? Should have picked some city with non-latin script that's written left-to-right... er, maybe Athens?
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2. InsertUser ◴[19 Nov 24 19:01 UTC] No.42186922[source]▶
They released them for testing purposes, originally on a test server and now a soft launch on OSMF hardware. https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/vector-tiles-on-osmf-h...

The author of the blog post chose an area that doesn't render well. The various issues are being flagged in the relevant repositories as they are found.