PM-Tiles vs PBF-Tiles Comparison

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Hello all,

I am making this issue, as I would like your valuable opinion on the following matter.

So far, for making a basemap (not relying on a 3rd party API), we have to worry about provisioning a server, scaling it, maintaning it, and all the fun that comes with it (like in the case of MBTiles). However, there are two alternative ways, that I would consider.

One is to use protomaps, the so called PMTiles, which essentially is a simple blob that the frontend will download (only desired parts) and render directly in the browser.

The other suggestion would be to use tippecanoe with the ```--output-to-directory``` flag to output the individual .pbf tiles instead of a single MBTiles file. These tiles can then be hosted on something like S3 and your map-rendering client can query the necessary tiles, no server required.

So my question would be:

Has anyone experience with both of these methods for deploying a scalable basemap and/or is there any other suggestion that could be considered efficient in terms of serving a basemap without the need of a server?

Thanks in advance for your valuable time.

Best Regards,

Filippos

No repository file, test, or implementation entry point is named; this is an unresolved comparison of PMTiles and directory-based PBF tiles for basemap hosting. Start by reviewing Tippecanoe's tile output options and existing documentation, then establish a concrete proposal and acceptance criteria before any implementation is scoped.

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