←back to thread

OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles

(tech.marksblogg.com)
480 points marklit | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.476s | source
Show context
Someone ◴[] No.42183666[source]
> Imagery should appear much sharper and switching the language of the labels should become possible.

I expect that to work sub-optimally. Label dimensions are far from guaranteed to stay the same if you change language, and label dimensions interact with map layout, even influencing what to show.

If your labels grow larger, they may end up covering too much of the map or even overlapping. If they grow smaller, users may wonder why a city that was omitted before because of space constraints doesn’t show in the empty space created.

replies(3): >>42183722 #>>42183940 #>>42185036 #
1. maxerickson ◴[] No.42183940[source]
The starting case is anyway automatic positioning of the labels.

Even on the raster tiles that have been in use for years.