[moffkalast]

Well that is true, the vector tiles do have the opposite problem of having too much data when zoomed out, but using raster beyond level 21 is just completely wasteful in terms of storage required. Most of the tiles will just be one colour. I'm not sure how level 28 is even possible without taking up multiple HDDs.

I still think that the more proper solution would be to instead cap out the vector tiles on the other end, not going lower than say level 5.

[spiekerooger]

Both arguments of yours are quite true, I also don't think that going beyond zoom level 20 or 21 is advisible within a raster tile stack (and I just checked that the UK map I mentioned earlier goes up to zoom 24 and not 28 as I stated, while the software stack (in this case mod_tile&renderd) is prepared for up to zoom 28).

I also don't intend to argue against a vector tile stack - both vector and raster have their use cases and pro's and con's. Vector tiles bring much more flexibility but less support in some use cases, raster normally loads/displays much faster (if served pre-rendered) and has universal support on the client side.

[moffkalast]

Yeah I mean if you ask me what the optimal solution is it would have to be a combination of the two, more specifically vector data overlaid on top of satelite imagery.

Unfortunately I'm not really aware of any FOSS dataset for that yet, but that may change in the coming decades if the price of mass to orbit goes down.