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		Demiurge on Feb 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replacing Mapbox with open source solutions Check this out for backend: https://postgis.net/docs/ST_AsMVT.html if you can run ogr2ogr to import your data into PostGIS, and serve the binary data returned by a query, you're all set. You literally only need PostGIS for a dynamic vector tile service. Then mapboxgl or libremapjs on the frontend, or even OpenLayers.

guwop on Feb 20, 2023 [–]

So to get it straight:

OSM.pbf file -> ogr2ogr -> PostGIS?

I currently use a .mbtiles file and plug it into tileserver-gl, but i guess in theory you could just import OSM to PostGIS and then add the PostGIS as a source in tileserver-gl? That would be amazing

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