protomaps / protomaps/basemaps
How does Protomaps' Basemap compare to OpenMapTiles?
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Description
Over the past few weeks I've been exploring ways to create my own local/regional map, trying out different tools and learning quite a bit in the process.
The first tool I came across was openmaptiles/planetiler-openmaptiles. Since I'm comfortable with Java, it was a great fit.
Then I came across this project, and I found the profile code even more approachable. Same for licensing.
That got me wondering: what are the high level differences between OpenMapTiles and Protomaps' Basemap? Beyond the schema differences, are there any major architectural or design choices that set them apart? Would you say the two projects have feature parity, more or less?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no target files or tests. Start by reading the Basemap profile code and the linked OpenMapTiles Planetiler project, then document their schema, architectural and design differences, licensing, and feature parity. Done means the comparison answers the questions in the issue with evidence from both projects.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100