new logo! because...
Protomaps is moving from being "open-core", or partly proprietary, to an open source project.
The only closed part has been the basemap planet.pmtiles generation; an open source implementation is WIP here!
github.com/protomaps/base…
More updates soon!
New PMTiles demo! @maplibre + Raster DEM
This page is powered by a single 30 gigabyte PMTiles v3 file on @cloudflare R2, which contains 350,000 Terrarium RGB-encoded terrain + bathymetry tiles - 10 zoom levels for the planet.
protomaps.github.io/PMTiles/exampl…
dataset via Mapzen Joerd!
Another sneak preview dataset...
Vector OSM basemap, entire world zoom 0-10
* 1.4 million addressed tiles
* 285,000 unique tile contents (80% redundancy!)
All packaged up in a single 2.4 GB file and served directly from R2 to your browser!
protomaps.github.io/protomaps-them…
(Data ODbL)
Lens is a map of Canadian wildfire data created by @pathandfocus + @twostoryrobot
Explore wildfires interactively by date and area - built with a static set of pmtiles archives
lens.pathandfocus.com@pwramsey might find it interesting!
open sourced a small cost calculator: estimate the monthly bill of running @protomaps on AWS or Cloudflare based on usage, compared to Google Maps and hosted base map APIs. Now part of the Documentation site!
docs.protomaps.com/deploy/cost
protomaps.js is a fully featured vector tile renderer and labeler that's a fraction of the size of alternatives.
This means it works with PostGIS vector tiles! Added an example using @pwramsey 's pg_tileserv with Natural Earth data:
github.com/protomaps/prot…
Added documentation around using pmtiles with MapLibre GL JS + React and optionally the react-map-gl library. A powerful combination with a ~3 line hook!
Full working example code sandbox at the docs:
protomaps.com/docs/frontends…
new on blog - more PMTiles platforms and integrations
protomaps.com/blog/pmtiles-m…
featuring: Maputnik, OpenLayers, AWS CloudFormation, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Caddy
Protomaps was accepted into GitHub Sponsors earlier this year, and has quietly hit the first goal - 20 monthly sponsors! Thanks all!
This has become the largest income stream for @protomaps this year. It's a lot of work to develop and maintain - a full time job at the minimum!
