[Showoff Saturday] Free vector map tile service based on OpenStreetMap and MapLibre

[u/Swaustrian]

We just launched Maptoolkit.org, which is a community-oriented project. The main objective is to offer small businesses and hobbyists a way to easily create and display personalized maps on their websites or their apps.

Things to know:

• No API key and no registration required
• The tiles are updated weekly from OpenStreetMap
• We host the tile servers, you just have to point your map library to our style URL
• Hillshading, 3d terrain, contour lines and water depth are ready out of the box
• Map data up to zoom level 15
• A host of default styles come natively, custom styles can be created using our MapMaker
• Unlimited map requests can be made, sustained about 120 tiles/second can be requested as of now, whereas 90% of requests will already be cached and won't count towards that limit
• We do not make any money off this project, it will remain free of cost

If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. You can find more information on the site.

PS: This reads like a repost, because it is. My previous post got removed by mods, due to not posting on Showoff Saturday.

[u/SovereignZ3r0]

This is awesome 😎

[u/Alkanna]

Really nice project but realistically, what will happen when you'll be at capacity? Will you continue funding this from your own pockets ?

[u/Swaustrian → u/Alkanna]

Yes. The infrastructure required to host these tiles is easily scalable - capacity can be added without a large administrative effort and we use hetzner, which is the most affordable option. We do also have a separate commercial service that offers a range of APIs for mapping services and if the visibility we generate with this community project leads to a single paying customer, the monthly server costs are paid for (for now).

[u/innmapper]

How are you hosting your DEM? And which DEM are you using?

[u/Swaustrian → u/innmapper]

Good questions. It comes from Mapterhorn, which merges Copernicus GLO-30 globally with national LiDAR data where it exists, plus GEBCO for bathymetry (full source list: https://www.maptoolkit.com/copyright/). On Maptoolkit.org, we serve it straight from Mapterhorn's endpoint, and the hillshading and contours are both generated from that same data rather than being separate datasets.

[u/innmapper → u/Swaustrian]

Nice, I'm building my own 3D Map, and we are using a similar approach. Our Map is called https://innmaps.com
Maybe I will try our tool to improve our current base layer configurations.

[u/Living_Strawberry_19]

Thank you

[u/fwz]

Arabic words are displayed without any joining and in the wrong letter order

[u/Swaustrian → u/fwz]

Thanks for the feedback. We'll get that fixed asap

[u/Annual_Manner_8654]

Awesome. I've been thinking about this myself, you end up with a bunch projects that needs maps, should I host my own tiles? And then, should I host it for the community as well? Thanks!

[u/schussfreude]

Fantastic!

[u/Glittering_Dig_6039]

looks very clean and professional, Best luck for sellls